---
name: "robot-playercam"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "robot-player"
version: "3.0.2+dfsg-4+b1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/robot-playercam"
---

# robot-playercam(1)

camera test utility for a player camera

## NAME

robot-playercam - camera test utility for a player camera

## SYNOPSIS

**robot-playercam** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

**robot-playercam** is a gui client that displays images captured from a player camera and/or blobfinder device.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  Output a help message.

- **-h** *hostname*

  host that is running player.

- **-p** *port*

  the port number of the host.

- **-i** *index*

  the index of the camera.

- **-b** *index*

  the index of the blobfinder.

- **-r** *rate*

  the refresh rate of the video.

- **-t** *transport*

  transport to use (either "tcp" or "udp").

## AUTHOR

**Player** was written by Brian Gerkey \<gerkey@users.sourceforge.net\> and contributors. This manual page was written by Daniel Hess for the Debian Project.

## SEE ALSO

The HTML documentation in **/usr/share/doc/player/html** of the  **robot-player-doc** package.