MYTHAVTEST(1) User Commands MYTHAVTEST(1)

mythavtest - MythTV AV Tester

mythavtest version: fixes/34 [v34.0+fixes.20240210.e3e165a1-0ubuntu6] www.mythtv.org

MythAVTest is a testing application that allows direct access to the MythTV internal video player.

Misc. Options:

Override a single setting defined by a key=value pair.
Define a file of key=value pairs to be loaded for setting overrides.
Display this help printout, or give detailed information of selected option.
Display version information.
Try to enable (1) or disable (0) variable refresh rate (FreeSync or GSync)

Video Performance Testing Options:

Test video performance.
Input file URI
Decode video frames but do not display them.
Deinterlace video frames (even if progressive).
Allow hardware accelerated video decoders
After decoding a small nuber of frames, the last presented frame will be displayed repeatedly to test rendering speed.
The number of seconds to run the test (default 5).

Qt Options:

Qt (QPA) X11 connection name when using xcb (X11) platform plugin
Qt (QPA) platform argument

Logging Options:

Set the logging level. All log messages at lower levels will be discarded. In descending order: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug defaults to info
Writes logging messages to a file in the directory logpath with filenames in the format: applicationName.date.pid.log. This is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if used in combination with --pidfile, this can be used with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file
Don't log to the console (-q). Don't log anywhere (-q -q)
Set the syslog logging facility. Set to "none" to disable, defaults to none.
Use systemd-journal instead of syslog.
Specify log filtering. Use '-v help' for level info.

User Interface Options:

Specify window size and position (WxH[+X+Y])
Prevent application from running in a window.
Force application to run in a window.
April 2024 mythavtest 34.0+fixes.20240210.e3e165a1-0ubuntu6