FREETUXTV(1)						      General Commands Manual						      FREETUXTV(1)

NAME

       freetuxtv - Internet television and radio player

SYNOPSIS

       freetuxtv [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly documents the freetuxtv player.

       freetuxtv  is  a  video	player	based  on  LibVLC allowing you to watch and record TV on your PC. A large database (growing daily) of free
       WebTV/WebRadio/WebCam channels in more than 20 languages is accessible. You can also play streams from ISP television service  if  it  pro-
       vides this feature. Moreover, it is also possible to easily program your recording on each channel with differents transcoding formats.

OPTIONS

       These  programs	follow	the  usual  GNU  command  line	syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options is
       included below.

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       --open-channel CHANNEL_NAME
	      look for a channel corresponding to the name and play it if found (take first in the channels list)

       -v, --verbose
	      display a more detailed trace

       --datadir DATA_DIR
	      set data directory

SEE ALSO

       vlc(1),

AUTHOR

       freetuxtv was written by Eric Beuque.

       This manual page was written by Eric Beuque <eric.beuque@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								  April  19, 2012						      FREETUXTV(1)