V4l-utils
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v4l-utils is a set of utilities for handling media devices.
See also
See the webcam article for instructions on how to use V4l-utils to set up a webcam for video capture.
See the webcam article for instructions on how to use V4l-utils to set up a webcam for video capture.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for media-tv/v4l-utils Transitional package to be superseded by media-libs/libv4l[utils]
Emerge
Install media-tv/v4l-utils:
root #emerge --ask media-tv/v4l-utilsUsage
Invocation
user $v4l2-ctl --helpGeneral/Common options:
--all display all information available
-C, --get-ctrl <ctrl>[,<ctrl>...]
get the value of the controls [VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS]
-c, --set-ctrl <ctrl>=<val>[,<ctrl>=<val>...]
set the value of the controls [VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS]
-D, --info show driver info [VIDIOC_QUERYCAP]
-d, --device <dev> use device <dev> instead of /dev/video0
if <dev> starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is used
Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then <dev> is the entity name
or interface ID (if prefixed with 0x) as found in the topology of the
media device with the bus info string as specified by the -z option.
-e, --out-device <dev> use device <dev> for output streams instead of the
default device as set with --device
if <dev> starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is used
Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then <dev> is the entity name
or interface ID (if prefixed with 0x) as found in the topology of the
media device with the bus info string as specified by the -z option.
-E, --export-device <dev> use device <dev> for exporting DMA buffers
if <dev> starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is used
Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then <dev> is the entity name
or interface ID (if prefixed with 0x) as found in the topology of the
media device with the bus info string as specified by the -z option.
-z, --media-bus-info <bus-info>
find the media device with the given bus info string. If set, then
-d, -e and -E options can use the entity name or interface ID to refer
to the device nodes.
-h, --help display this help message
--help-all all options
--help-io input/output options
--help-meta metadata format options
--help-misc miscellaneous options
--help-overlay overlay format options
--help-sdr SDR format options
--help-selection crop/selection options
--help-stds standards and other video timings options
--help-streaming streaming options
--help-subdev sub-device options
--help-tuner tuner/modulator options
--help-vbi VBI format options
--help-vidcap video capture format options
--help-vidout vidout output format options
--help-edid edid handling options
-k, --concise be more concise if possible.
-l, --list-ctrls display all controls and their values [VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL]
-L, --list-ctrls-menus
display all controls and their menus [VIDIOC_QUERYMENU]
-r, --subset <ctrl>[,<offset>,<size>]+
the subset of the N-dimensional array to get/set for control <ctrl>,
for every dimension an (<offset>, <size>) tuple is given.
-w, --wrapper use the libv4l2 wrapper library.
--list-devices list all v4l devices. If -z was given, then list just the
devices of the media device with the bus info string as
specified by the -z option.
--log-status log the board status in the kernel log [VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS]
--get-priority query the current access priority [VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY]
--set-priority <prio>
set the new access priority [VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY]
<prio> is 1 (background), 2 (interactive) or 3 (record)
--silent only set the result code, do not print any messages
--sleep <secs> sleep <secs>, call QUERYCAP and close the file handle
--verbose turn on verbose ioctl status reporting
Removal
Unmerge
root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose media-tv/v4l-utils