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      1 .Dd
      2 .Dt XSTREAM 1
      3 .Sh NAME
      4 .Nm xstream
      5 .Nd stream X display over the network
      6 .Sh SYNOPSIS
      7 .Nm
      8 .Ar address
      9 .Sh DESCRIPTION
     10 .Nm
     11 captures the primary
     12 .Xr X 7
     13 display from
     14 .Ev DISPLAY
     15 and sends encoded video to
     16 .Ar address
     17 via MPEG-TS in UDP.
     18 .Ar address
     19 must be provided in
     20 .Ar host:port
     21 format.
     22 .Pp
     23 Video is encoded with MPEG-2 at a bitrate of 3000kbps.
     24 This is to minimise the use of system resources
     25 on machines with older processors
     26 and on systems with no hardware video encoding support.
     27 To customise these settings,
     28 study the
     29 .Nm
     30 script and use
     31 .Xr ffmpeg 1
     32 directly.
     33 .Sh EXIT STATUS
     34 .Ex
     35 .Sh EXAMPLE
     36 Send video to live.olowe.co port 6969:
     37 .Dl xstream live.olowe.co:6969
     38 .Sh SEE ALSO
     39 .Xr ffmpeg 1