Penguin
general options
  • h print this help text
  • q quiet operation
  • w seconds wait before grabbing [0?
video options
  • o file video/movie file name
  • f format specify video format
  • c device specify Video4Linux device [/dev/video?
  • r fps frame rate [10?
  • s size specify size [320x240?
  • t times number of frames [1?
  • b buffers specify # of buffers [16?
  • j quality quality for mjpeg or jpeg [75?
  • n tvnorm set pal/ntsc/secam
  • i input set video source
audio options
  • O file wav file name
  • F format specify audio format
  • C device specify dsp device [/dev/dsp?
  • R rate sample rate [44100?
movie writers

files - multiple image files

video formats
ppm 24 bit !TrueColor? (BE: rgb) [ppm? pgm 8 bit !StaticGray? [pgm? jpeg JPEG [jpeg?
audio formats
mono8 8bit mono [wav? mono16 16bit mono (LE) [wav? stereo 16bit stereo (LE) [wav?

raw - single file, raw video data

video formats
rgb 24 bit !TrueColor? (BE: rgb) [raw? gray 8 bit !StaticGray? [raw? 422 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 [raw? 422p 16 bit YUV 4:2:2 (planar) [raw?
audio formats
mono8 8bit mono [wav? mono16 16bit mono (LE) [wav? stereo 16bit stereo (LE) [wav?

avi - Microsoft AVI (RIFF) format

video formats
rgb15 15 bit !TrueColor? (LE) [avi? rgb24 24 bit !TrueColor? (LE: bgr) [avi? mjpeg JPEG [avi?
audio formats
mono8 8bit mono [-? mono16 16bit mono (LE) [-? stereo 16bit stereo (LE) [-?

If you want to capture to multiple image files you should include some digits into the movie filename (foo0000.jpeg for example), streamer will use the digit block to enumerate the image files. For file formats which can hold both audio and video (like AVI and QuickTime) the -O option has no effect.

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