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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Click on the window to see a list of stations.
Right-click to see the onscreen Setup menu.
Here are a few things you can now do with your tvtime onscreen display:
 Configure input??”Change the video source, choose the television standard (which
defaults to NTSC for the U.S.), and change the resolution of the input.
 Set up the picture??”Adjust the brightness, contrast, color, and hue.
 Adjust the video processing??”Control the attempted frame rate, configure the deinterlacer,
or add an input filter.
 Adjust output??”Control the aspect ratio (for 16:9 output, for example), apply a matte,
or set the overscan mode.
Video Conferencing with Ekiga
The Ekiga window lets you communicate with other people over a network through video, audio,
and typed messages. Because Ekiga supports the H323 protocol (a standard for multimedia communications),
you can use it to communicate with people using other popular videoconferencing
clients, such as Microsoft NetMeeting, Cu-SeeMe, and Intel VideoPhone.
Ekiga does not support the NetMeeting shared whiteboard functions, just
videoconferencing.
To be able to send video, you need a Webcam that is supported in Linux??”you??™ll find a few dozen
models from which to choose. The following sections show you how to set up your Webcam and
use Ekiga for videoconferencing.


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