NAME¶

guvcview - GTK+ base UVC Viewer

SYNOPSIS¶

guvcview

Guvcview is an application for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the linux kernel video4linux2 interface.

-h,--help: Print help
-v,--version: Print version
-w,--verbosity=LEVEL: Set Verbosity level (def: 0)
-d,--device=AUDIO_DEVICE: Set device name (def: /dev/video0)
-c,--capture=METHOD: Set capture method [read | mmap (def)]
-b,--disable_libv4l2: disable calls to libv4l2
-x,--resolution=WIDTHxHEIGHT: Request resolution (e.g 640x480)
-f,--format=FOURCC: Request format (e.g MJPG)
-F,--fps=FPS_NUM[/FPS_DENOM]: Request fps (e.g. 25 ; 7/3; ...)
-r,--render=RENDER_API: Select render API (e.g none; sdl; sfml)
-m,--render_window=RENDER_WINDOW_FLAGS: Set render window flags (e.g none; full; max; WIDTHxHEIGHT)
-a,--audio=AUDIO_API: Select audio API (e.g none; port; pulse)
-k,--audio_device=audio_device: Select audio device index for selected api (0..N)
-g,--gui=GUI_API: Select GUI API (e.g none; gtk3; qt6)
-o,--audio_codec=codecAudio: Audio codec [pcm mp2 mp3 aac ac3 vorb]
-u,--video_codec=codec: Video codec [raw mjpg mpeg flv1 wmv1 mpg2 mp43
dx50 h264 vp80 theo]
-p,--profile=filename: Load control profile
-j,--video=filename: filename for captured video)
-i,--image=filename: filename for captured image)
-y,--video_timer=TIME_IN_SEC: Time (double) in sec. for video capture)
-t,--photo_timer=TIME_IN_SEC: Time (double) in sec. between captured photos)
-n,--photo_total=total: Total number of captured photos)
-e,--exit_on_term: Exit app after video or image capture ends
-z,--control_panel: Start in control panel mode

This manual page was written by Paulo Assis <pj.assis@gmail.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

May 2024