luvcview1

Usage

Overview

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 widthxheight

Select the image input size.

-S

Enable raw stream capturing from the start.