---
name: "guvcview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "guvcview"
version: "2.2.2-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/guvcview"
---

# guvcview(1)

GTK+ base UVC Viewer

## NAME

guvcview - GTK+ base UVC Viewer

## SYNOPSIS

**guvcview**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## USAGE

- guvcview \[options...\]

  ## OPTIONS

- **-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

## AUTHOR

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