fftv 0.8.3 review
Downloadfftv project is a TV and radio viewer and recorder. fftv is a TV viewer for use with TV cards and Video for Linux
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fftv project is a TV and radio viewer and recorder.
fftv is a TV viewer for use with TV cards and Video for Linux. It also features a radio user interface.
It can support recording of various formats and codecs including MPEG, AVI, and Ogg. It supports remote control if LIRC is installed.
It supports scheduled power-on/off recording/reminding if tcron is installed.
Here are some key features of "fftv":
Ffmpeg with TV window(v4l, video for linux, tv card), all new Graphical User Interface written in GTK 2.x
FM radio tuner support (all new GUI)
User interface of Control pannel / Channel list / Codec-format(mpeg, mpeg4, vob, ogg, avi, etc)/bitrate/framerate
Start/pause/stop recording, automatic file name numbering
True fullscreen in overlay mode by switching to 640x480 mode. Resetting screensaver automatically.
TV screen black border cropping. (viewing & output of recording)
TV preview index page (mosaic window)
Channel monitor(subwindow): You can use this to skip commercials.
Countdown shutdown, which shuts down your PC when the time is up.
Support LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) (optional)
Multi-state remote controller key mappings, support Reocrd/Stop functions on remote controllers without REC/STOP keys.
Support mute, volume and media keys of your internet/multimedia keyboard
Save the states of volume/MTS/color/contrast/brightness/hue by channel/dayofweek/hour
Scheduled power-on/off recording/reminding of TV/radio programs
External program schedule web page link
On-screen display of time/channel/time of disk space remained for recording
Optional window attributes of stay-on-top, multi-desktop sticky
Built-in channel scan
Requirements:
This application requires GTK+ version 2.2.x.
What's New in This Release:
Some changes in putenv() caused ffrecord to fail.
Now ffrecord uses setenv() instead.
Desktop stay-on-top works again in Gnome 2.10, but it has a sid effect: it cannot accept keyboard input.
There is a gcc 4.x compilation fix.
fftv 0.8.3 keywords