Suse Linux Professional 9.2 Upgrade [Strong Encryption 128 Bit] 00662644457260 User Manual
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16
TV
,
,
V
ideo,
Radio,
and
W
ebcam
16.1.2
From Silent Film to Sound Film
The audio output of the TV card is connected to the line input of your sound
card, to the speakers, or to an amplifier. Some TV cards can change the volume
of the audio output. The volume can then be set with the sliders that appear after
selecting ‘Settings’ ➝ ‘Slider’. This window also provides the sliders for bright-
ness, contrast, and color.
card, to the speakers, or to an amplifier. Some TV cards can change the volume
of the audio output. The volume can then be set with the sliders that appear after
selecting ‘Settings’ ➝ ‘Slider’. This window also provides the sliders for bright-
ness, contrast, and color.
To use your sound card for audio playback, check the mixer settings using
gamix, described in Mixers on page 176. For sound cards meeting the AC97 spec-
ifications, set ‘Input-MUX’ to ‘Line’. The volume can then be adjusted with the
‘Master’ and ‘Line’ sliders.
gamix, described in Mixers on page 176. For sound cards meeting the AC97 spec-
ifications, set ‘Input-MUX’ to ‘Line’. The volume can then be adjusted with the
‘Master’ and ‘Line’ sliders.
16.1.3
Screen Proportions and Full-Screen Mode
Most television images have a height and width ratio of 4:3. These proportions
can be set with ‘Tools’ ➝ ‘Screen Dimensions’. If ‘4:3’ is selected here (this is the
default setting), the screen dimensions are retained automatically, even when the
display size is changed.
can be set with ‘Tools’ ➝ ‘Screen Dimensions’. If ‘4:3’ is selected here (this is the
default setting), the screen dimensions are retained automatically, even when the
display size is changed.
With
F
or ‘Tools’ ➝ ‘Fullscreen’, switch to full-screen mode. If the TV image in
full-screen mode is not scaled to the full monitor size, some fine-tuning is re-
quired. Many graphics cards can scale the full-screen mode television image to
the full monitor size without changing the graphical mode. If your card does not
support this function, the graphics mode must be switched to 640x480 for the
full-screen mode. Create the related configuration in ‘Settings’ ➝ ‘Configuration’.
After restarting motv, the monitor mode is also changed if you have switched to
full-screen mode.
quired. Many graphics cards can scale the full-screen mode television image to
the full monitor size without changing the graphical mode. If your card does not
support this function, the graphics mode must be switched to 640x480 for the
full-screen mode. Create the related configuration in ‘Settings’ ➝ ‘Configuration’.
After restarting motv, the monitor mode is also changed if you have switched to
full-screen mode.
Note
The
.xawtv
file is created automatically and updated by clicking ‘Set-
tings’ ➝ ‘Save settings’. Here, the broadcasters are saved along with
the configuration. More information about the configuration file can be
found in the man page for
the configuration. More information about the configuration file can be
found in the man page for
xawtvrc
.
Note
16.1.4
The Launcher Menu
Use the launcher menu to start other applications to use with motv. Start the au-
dio mixer gamix and the video text application alevt, for example, using a key-
dio mixer gamix and the video text application alevt, for example, using a key-
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