luvcview(1) USB Video Class grabber

SYNOPSIS

luvcview [options]...

DESCRIPTION

luvcview is a camera viewer for UVC based webcams. It includes an mjpeg decoder and is able to save the video stream as an AVI file.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.
-c
Enable raw frame capturing for the first frame.
-C
Enable raw frame stream capturing from the start.
-d /dev/videoX
Specify the video device to use.
-f format
Specify the video format to use.
jpg or MJPG
JPEG format. This is the default if available.
yuv or YUYV
YUV format.
uyvy or UYVY
UYV format.
-g
Grab the images with READ method instead of default MMAP.
-h
Print a help text and exit.
-L
Query valid video formats.
-l
Query valid controls and settings.
-o outputfile
Create an AVI file with the stream received from the video device.
-r
Read and set control settings from the luvcview.cfg file in the current directory. Such a configuration file can be created by using the F1 key in the interface.
-s widthxheight
Select the image input size.
-S
Enable raw stream capturing from the start.

AUTHORS

Laurent Pinchart && Michel Xhaard.

This manual page was originaly written by Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).