---
name: "pymecavideo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-mecavideo"
version: "8.0-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pymecavideo"
---

# pymecavideo(1)

pedagogical program to teach mechanics

## NAME

pymecavideo - pedagogical program to teach mechanics

## SYNOPSIS

**pymecavideo** \[{**-d** \| **--debug=**} *verbosity (level: 1 to 3)*\] \[*filename.{avi\|mpg\|...} \| filename.mecavideo*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pymecavideo** is a program to track a set of moving points in a video frameset. The size of the image can be modified, then you track the relevant points and export a file containing the timecode and the coordinates, to be analyzed by some other standard software.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *level*, **--debug=***level*

  Déclares the level of verbosity to debug the application. this level is zero by default (no debug messages), and it can take values from 1 to 3.

## ARGUMENTS

*filename.{avi\|mpg\|...}*

Defines some video file to begin with (optional).

*filename.mecavideo*

Allows one to open a full context saved in a previous session.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Georges Khaznadar \<georgesk@debian.org\> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2023 Georges Khaznadar\