1GUVCVIEW(1) General Commands Manual GUVCVIEW(1)
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6 guvcview - GTK+ base UVC Viewer
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9 guvcview
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12 Guvcview is a simple GTK+ interface for capturing and viewing video
13 from devices supported by the Linux UVC driver. It fully supports
14 video4linux2 so it should work with any driver that supports this API,
15 including the gspca driver.
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19 guvcview [options...]
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23 -?, --help Print help options
24 --help-all Print all help options
25 --help-gtk Print GTK+ options
26 --version Print version number
27 Application options:
29 -v, --verbose Prints a lot of debug information
30 -d, --device=VIDEO_DEVICE Video Device [default: /dev/video0]
31 -a, --add_ctrls Exits after adding dynamic controls to
32 the uvc driver (needs root/sudo)
33 -o, --control_only Don't stream video (image controls only)
34 -r, --capture_method=[1|2] Capture method (1-mmap (default) 2-read)
35 -g, --config=FILENAME Configuration File
36 -w, --hwd_acel=[1|0] Hardware accelaration:
37 (enable(1) | disable(0))
38 -f, --format=FORMAT Video input format:
39 mjpg | jpeg | yuyv | yvyu | uyvy | yyuv | yu12 | yv12 | nv12 |
40 nv21 | nv16 | nv61 | y11p | grey | s501 | s505 | s508 | gbrg |
41 grbg | ba81 | rggb | bgr3 | rgb3 |
42 -s, --size=WIDTHxHEIGHT Resolution, default: 640x480
43 -i, --image=FILENAME Image File
44 -c, --cap_time=TIME Time elapsed between image captures
45 -m, --npics=NUMPIC Number of images to capture
46 -n, --video=FILENAME Video File (capture from start)
47 -t, --vid_time=TIME Video duration (in seconds)
48 --exit_on_close Exits guvcview after closing video
49 -j, --skip=N_FRAMES Number of inital frames to skip
50 -p, --show_fps=[1|0] Print FPS on video Window:
51 (enable(1) | disable(0))
52 -l, --profile=FILENAME Load profile
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57 This manual page was written by Paulo Assis <pj.assis@gmail.com>, for
58 the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
59 Aug 2009 GUVCVIEW(1)