---
name: "streamer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "streamer"
version: "3.107-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/streamer"
---

# streamer(1)

record audio and/or video

## NAME

streamer - record audio and/or video

## SYNOPSIS

**streamer \[ options \]**

## DESCRIPTION

**streamer** reads audio and/or video data from /dev/video0 and /dev/dsp and writes the data to the disk.  Various output formats are supported. Start streamer with '-h' for a list of options and supported output formats.

streamer will use the file extension of the output file name to figure which format to use.  You need the -f/-F options only if the extension allows more than one format.  If you get the "neither audio nor video format specified/found" message and don't know why, you can enable the debug output (-d switch) to see what is going on.

You can safely stop the recording at any time with Ctrl+C.  streamer will catch the signal and stop recording correctly (i.e. write movie file headers) before exiting.

## EXAMPLES

- **streamer -o foobar.jpeg**

  write a single jpeg file.

- **streamer -o quicktime.mov -f yuv2 -F stereo -r 12 -t 0:10**

  record a short quicktime movie.

## SEE ALSO

[xawtv(1)](/xawtv/1.md), [v4lctl(1)](/v4lctl/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Gerd Knorr \<kraxel@bytesex.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.