On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Richard Bottoms wrote: > >to run scantv then in the edit window, just call xawtv in an Kwindow > >first, and hit the 'o' key to get the menu. In that be sure to call the > >channel editor then save. > >You can go fullscreen or hit 'f' again to go back to smaller window to run > >the menu 'o'. To capture a frame hit 'g' for a .jpg file. > > > I used RedHat 8.0 and xawtv works great. I can do a manual capture. But > what I need is to automate capture, like one frame every 10 seconds. > > r.b. I made mistake, 'g' grabs a .ppm file and 'j' grabs a .jpeg file. those files get stored in your current dir. I went thru the man pages for xawtv and xawtvrc but did not see where one can set the grab to be redone on intervals but I am certain someone else on here can advise how to do that. Possibly when calling xawtv such as 'xawtv -j' and makeing a script that redoes that call each 10 sec. There is a new setup available at 'mythtv.org' that a friend told me about. Claims it works better than a Tivo. I might give it a go later. Warren
