---
name: "luvcview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "luvcview"
version: "1:0.2.6-6"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/luvcview"
---

# luvcview(1)

USB Video Class grabber

## NAME

luvcview - USB Video Class grabber

## SYNOPSIS

**luvcview** \[*options*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**luvcview** is a camera viewer for UVC based webcams. It includes an mjpeg decoder and is able to save the video stream as an AVI file.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-c**

  Enable raw frame capturing for the first frame.

- **-C**

  Enable raw frame stream capturing from the start.

- **-d */dev/videoX***

  Specify the video device to use.

- **-f *format***

  Specify the video format to use.

  - *jpg or MJPG*

    JPEG format. This is the default if available.

  - *yuv or YUYV*

    YUV format.

  - *uyvy or UYVY*

    UYV format.

- **-g**

  Grab the images with READ method instead of default MMAP.

- **-h**

  Print a help text and exit.

- **-L**

  Query valid video formats.

- **-l**

  Query valid controls and settings.

- **-o *outputfile***

  Create an AVI file with the stream received from the video device.

- **-r**

  Read and set control settings from the **luvcview.cfg** file in the current directory. Such a configuration file can be created by using the **F1** key in the interface.

- **-s *width*x*height***

  Select the image input size.

- **-S**

  Enable raw stream capturing from the start.

## AUTHORS

Laurent Pinchart && Michel Xhaard.

This manual page was originaly written by Aurelien Jarno \<aurel32@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).