---
name: "avg_showcamera"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-libavg"
version: "1.8.2-3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/avg_showcamera"
---

# avg\_showcamera(1)

camera discovery and display tool

## NAME

avg\_showcamera - camera discovery and display tool

## SYNOPSIS

**avg\_showcamera** *-l*

**avg\_showcamera** *-r*

**avg\_showcamera** *-t DRIVER \[OPTION\]...*

## DESCRIPTION

Query and list attached cameras, reset firewire bus, show video stream.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show a brief description of the options.

- **-l**, **--dump**

  Dump a list of available cameras to the console.

- **-r**, **--resetbus**

  Reset the firewire bus and free allocated bandwidth.

- **-t**, **--driver** DRIVER

  One of the camera subsystems supported by libavg (supported: firewire, video4linux, directshow).

- **-d**, **--device** DEVICE

  Camera device identifier (depending on the driver, a GUID or device path is expected).

- **-u**, **--unit** UNIT

  Unit number. Used for cameras or other capture devices which deliver several images (e.g. stereo cameras or TV capture cards).

- **-w**, **--width** WIDTH

  Camera image width.

- **-e**, **--height** HEIGHT

  Camera image height.

- **-p**, **--pixelformat** PIXELFORMAT

  Camera pixel format (one of: I8, I16, YUV411, YUV422, YUYV422, RGB, BGR, BAYER8).

- **-f**, **--framerate** FRAMERATE

  Frames per second.

- **-8**, **--fw800**

  Set firewire bus speed to s800 (if supported).

- **-s**, **--noinfo**

  Don't show any info overlayed on the screen.

## AUTHOR

Ulrich von Zadow \<coder@c-base.org\>