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Starting the program

First, make sure the various modules for your TV grabber and/or webcams are loaded if necessary. Then start camstream from the command line, or add it to your menu or desktop.

Camstream first scans the available video devices (but does not open them), and starts with the main window. Camstream has a MDI (Multiple Document Interface): it shows everything in subwindows of the main window. Initially, the main window is empty, except for the menubar and a nice filler background.

You can resize the main window by grabbing one of the sides or corners with your mouse and drag it to the desired size.

There can be several types of windows displayed in CamStream. For now, there is only one type available: a Viewer.

The main menu

The main menu has only two menus, which are discussed here briefly:

File

Window