NAME
stream − captures an audio and (multiple) video stream(s)
SYNOPSIS
stream [options] streams...
DESCRIPTION
Vstream is a collection of utilities for capturing reasonably high quality video from a v4l device (specifically configured for bttv). A simultaneous audio track is also captured.
The first utility - stream - captures an audio and (multiple) video stream(s). For highest performance, the video stream should be written to a raw partition(s).
OPTIONS
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-half |
only capture 1 of every 2 frames - reduces required bandwidth with little visible loss in quality (in my opinion). |
-halfx Xxdim Xydim
capture half the frames to disk and half to an X window of width Xxdim and height Xydim (see BUGS).
-start time
the next argument, in the form hh:mm:ss:dd:mm:yyyy, is the time at which recording will start. Only the first three arguments are required. The remaining arguments will be taken from the current date/time.
-end time
time to stop recording. Same format as "-start".
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xdim |
width |
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ydim |
height |
streams...
One audio stream and max. 256 video streams are possible. Both types of the arguments are simply a file name (should be an empty file or a raw partition), the first argument will be the audio stream, the other will be video streams.
SEE ALSO
audioclip(1), audioconv(1), str2ppm(1), ppm2str(1), xfv(1), xsf(1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Lenart Janos <ocsi [AT] debian.org>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others).