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streamer(1)


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), v4lctl(1)

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.

                                                               streamer(1)



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