NAME
streamer - record audio and/or video
SYNOPSIS
streamer [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
streamer reads audio and/or video data from /dev/video0 and /dev/dsp
and writes the data to the disk. Various output formats are supported.
Start streamer with ’-h’ for a list of options and supported output
formats.
streamer will use the file extention of the output file name to figure
which format to use. You need the -f/-F options only if the extention
allows more than one format. If you get the "neither audio nor video
format specified/found" message and don’t know why, you can enable the
debug output (-d switch) to see what is going on.
You can safely stop the recording at any time with Ctrl+C. streamer
will catch the signal and stop recording correctly (i.e. write movie
file headers) before exiting.
EXAMPLES
streamer -o foobar.jpeg
write a single jpeg file.
streamer -o quicktime.mov -f yuv2 -F stereo -r 12 -t 0:10
record a short quicktime movie.
SEE ALSO
xawtv(1), v4lctl(1)
AUTHOR
Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
streamer(1)