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1.1     ! root        1: .TH 2500 1
        !             2: .CT 1 graphics comm_dev
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: 2500 \- BVH2500 videotape recorder
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B 2500
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -lq
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            11: .I 2500
        !            12: is an interpreter of commands to control
        !            13: a SONY BVH2500 1-inch video recorder, whose
        !            14: inputs and outputs have already been set up.
        !            15: The options are
        !            16: .TP
        !            17: .B -l
        !            18: Create a log file; useful in pursuit of bugs.
        !            19: .TP
        !            20: .B -q
        !            21: Suppress the initial status report.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: Most of the commands require an intimate knowledge of the equipment.
        !            24: The simpler commands are described below;
        !            25: see the
        !            26: .B help
        !            27: command for a complete list.
        !            28: Times are given as
        !            29: .B "[[hrs.]min.]sec.fr"
        !            30: where there are 30 frames per second.
        !            31: The commands are
        !            32: .TF viewxxxxxx
        !            33: .TP 10n
        !            34: .BI cue \ t
        !            35: Move the tape to time
        !            36: .IR t .
        !            37: .TP
        !            38: .B help
        !            39: Produce a list of all commands.
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .BI loop "\ t0 t1 fps"
        !            42: Play from
        !            43: .I t0
        !            44: through
        !            45: .I t1
        !            46: and back again at
        !            47: .I fps
        !            48: frames per second.
        !            49: .TP
        !            50: .B play
        !            51: Start playing the tape from the current frame.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .BI snap \ n
        !            54: When in still record mode, record the current input onto the next
        !            55: .I n
        !            56: frames.
        !            57: A missing
        !            58: .I n
        !            59: is taken to be 1.
        !            60: .TP
        !            61: .B status
        !            62: Print some status information.
        !            63: The command
        !            64: .B status status
        !            65: prints all available status information.
        !            66: .TP
        !            67: .BI still \ t
        !            68: Go into still record mode and cue to time
        !            69: .IR t .
        !            70: The command returns before the tape transport is done;
        !            71: usually it must be followed by
        !            72: .LR wait .
        !            73: .TP
        !            74: .B still mode on|off
        !            75: Turn still mode on or off.
        !            76: .TP
        !            77: .B stop
        !            78: Stop the tape transport.
        !            79: .TP
        !            80: .BI view " t0 t1"
        !            81: Play from
        !            82: .I t0
        !            83: through
        !            84: .I t1.
        !            85: .B wait
        !            86: Wait for the previous tape transport command to finish.
        !            87: .TP
        !            88: .B !
        !            89: Interpret the rest of the line as a 
        !            90: .IR sh (1)
        !            91: command.
        !            92: .TP
        !            93: .B #
        !            94: Comment.  Ignore the rest of the line.
        !            95: .PD
        !            96: .PP
        !            97: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            98: Assuming you have already set up the video switch to feed the BVH2500,
        !            99: the following script will record (or rerecord) a movie starting at 2 minutes.
        !           100: .EX
        !           101: still 2.0.0
        !           102: wait
        !           103: !generate an image
        !           104: snap 1
        !           105: # repeat the last two lines as necessary
        !           106: still mode off
        !           107: stop
        !           108: .EE
        !           109: .br
        !           110: .SH BUGS
        !           111: The BVH2500 will misbehave if the pause between
        !           112: .BR snap s
        !           113: (in still record mode) is too long,
        !           114: or if you record for many hours on end.
        !           115: The latter problem can be avoided by using scripts that run
        !           116: for 2 or 3 hours and sleeping for 10 minutes between scripts
        !           117: with the tape transport off.
        !           118: .br
        !           119: Commands in the help list are (incorrectly) capitalized.
        !           120: 

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