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/usr/bin/ivtv-ctl

Linux media (V4L2/DVB/CEC/IR) utilities and libraries

From v4l-utils 1.32.0-r1 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running ivtv-ctl --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage:
  -d, --device <dev> use device <dev> instead of /dev/video0
  -h, --help         display this help message
  -K, --passthrough <mode>
                     set passthrough mode: 1 = on, 0 = off [IVTV_IOC_PASSTHROUGH_MODE]
  --get-yuv-mode     display the current yuv mode
  --set-yuv-mode mode=<mode>
                     set the current yuv mode:
       		     mode 0: interlaced (top transmitted first)
       		     mode 1: interlaced (bottom transmitted first)
       		     mode 2: progressive
       		     mode 3: auto
  --reset <mask>     reset the infrared receiver (1) or digitizer (2) [VIDIOC_INT_RESET]

Expert options:
  -D, --set-debug <level>
                     set the module debug variable
                        1/0x0001: warning
                        2/0x0002: info
                        4/0x0004: mailbox
                        8/0x0008: ioctl
                       16/0x0010: file
                       32/0x0020: dma
                       64/0x0040: irq
                      128/0x0080: decoder
                      256/0x0100: yuv
                      512/0x0200: i2c
                     1024/0x0400: high volume
  -e, --get-debug    query the module debug variable
  -I, --list-gpio
                     show GPIO input/direction/output bits
  -i, --set-gpio [dir=<dir>,]val=<val>
                     set GPIO direction bits to <dir> and set output to <val>
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpdisplay this help messagehelp
-K, --passthrough modeset passthrough mode: 1 = on, 0 = off [IVTV_IOC_PASSTHROUGH_MODE]help
--get-yuv-modedisplay the current yuv modehelp
--set-yuv-mode mode=<modeset the current yuv mode: mode 0: interlaced (top transmitted first) mode 1: interlaced (bottom transmitted first) mode 2: progressive mode 3: autohelp
--reset maskreset the infrared receiver (1) or digitizer (2) [VIDIOC_INT_RESET]help
-D, --set-debug levelset the module debug variable 1/0x0001: warning 2/0x0002: info 4/0x0004: mailbox 8/0x0008: ioctl 16/0x0010: file 32/0x0020: dma 64/0x0040: irq 128/0x0080: decoder 256/0x0100: yuv 512/0x0200: i2c…help
-e, --get-debugquery the module debug variablehelp
-I, --list-gpioshow GPIO input/direction/output bitshelp
-i, --set-gpio dir=<dirset GPIO direction bits to <dir> and set output to <val>help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.