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.
| Tags | multimedia Sound/Audio Capture/Recording Video Capture Display |
|---|---|
| Licenses | LGPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Changes: 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.


Changes: This release features bugfixes in the user interface of scheduled recording, core dumping with error messages like "GtkEntry - did not receive focus-out-event", and bugfixes for when adding a new entry where the recording volume was not initialized. This version also now uses GNOME's stock buttons where possible.


Changes: The problem of too many keystrokes from LIRC remote control has been fixed. It is now possible to specify the master sound volume for scheduled recording. NTSCjp, PAL_M, PAL_N, and PAL_Nc have been added to the TV standard config. The space key can now be used to return to the last channel.


Changes: fftv now uses v4l2 if it is available. A bug was fixed in the option for TV desktop to display back border cropping. "Window decorated" and "override-redirect" options were added for TV desktop.


Changes: An RPM is now available. Some enhancements to the TV desktop option are added.