Provided by: v4l-utils_1.18.0-2build1_amd64 
NAME
v4l2-ctl - An application to control video4linux drivers
SYNOPSIS
v4l2-ctl [-h] [-d <dev>] [many other options]
DESCRIPTION
The v4l2-ctl tool is used to control video4linux devices, either video, vbi, radio or swradio, both input
and output. It is able to control almost any aspect of such devices covering the full V4L2 API.
OPTIONS
-d, --device <dev>
Use device <dev> as the V4L2 device. if <dev> starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is used
Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then <dev> is the entity name or interface ID (if prefixed
with 0x) as found in the topology of the media device with the bus info string as specified by the
-z option.
-v, --verbose
Turn on verbose reporting.
-w, --wrapper
Use the libv4l2 wrapper library for all V4L2 device accesses. By default v4l2-ctl will directly
access the V4L2 device, but with this option all access will go via this wrapper library.
-h, --help
Prints the help message.
--help-io
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list inputs and outputs, both video and
audio.
--help-misc
Prints the help message for miscellaneous options.
--help-overlay
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list overlay and framebuffer formats.
--help-sdr
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list software defined radio formats.
--help-selection
Prints the help message for all options that deal with selections (cropping and composing).
--help-stds
Prints the help message for all options that deal with SDTV standards and Digital Video timings.
--help-streaming
Prints the help message for all options that deal with streaming.
--help-subdev
Prints the help message for all options that deal with v4l-subdevX devices.
--help-tuner
Prints the help message for all options that deal with tuners and modulators.
--help-vbi
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list VBI formats.
--help-vidcap
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list video capture formats.
--help-vidout
Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list video output formats.
--help-edid
Prints the help message for all options that get/set EDIDs.
--help-all
Prints the help message for all options.
--all Display all information available.
-C, --get-ctrl <ctrl>[,<ctrl>...]
Get the value of the controls [VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS].
-c, --set-ctrl <ctrl>=<val>[,<ctrl>=<val>...]
Set the value of the controls [VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS].
-D, --info
Show driver info [VIDIOC_QUERYCAP].
-e, --out-device <dev>
Use device <dev> for output streams instead of the default device as set with --device. If <dev>
starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is used. Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then
<dev> is the entity name or interface ID (if prefixed with 0x) as found in the topology of the
media device with the bus info string as specified by the -z option.
-E, --export-device <dev>
Use device <dev> for exporting DMA buffers. If <dev> starts with a digit, then /dev/video<dev> is
used. Otherwise if -z was specified earlier, then <dev> is the entity name or interface ID (if
prefixed with 0x) as found in the topology of the media device with the bus info string as
specified by the -z option.
-z, --media-bus-info <bus-info>
Find the media device with the given <bus-info> string. If set, then -d, -e and -E options can use
the entity name or interface ID to refer to the device nodes. Example: v4l2-ctl -z
platform:vivid-000 -d vivid-000-vid-cap
-k, --concise
Be more concise if possible.
-l, --list-ctrls
Display all controls and their values [VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL].
-L, --list-ctrls-menus
Display all controls and their menus [VIDIOC_QUERYMENU].
-r, --subset <ctrl>[,<offset>,<size>]+
The subset of the N-dimensional array to get/set for control <ctrl>, for every dimension an
(<offset>, <size>) tuple is given.
--list-devices
List all v4l devices. If -z was given, then list just the devices of the media device with the bus
info string as specified by the -z option.
--log-status
Log the board status in the kernel log [VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS].
--get-priority
Query the current access priority [VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY].
--set-priority <prio>
Set the new access priority [VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY]. <prio> is 1 (background), 2 (interactive) or 3
(record).
--silent
Only set the result code, do not print any messages.
--sleep <secs>
Sleep <secs>, call QUERYCAP and close the file handle.
EXIT STATUS
On success, it returns 0. Otherwise, it will return the error code.
EXAMPLES
Query the device information of /dev/video1:
v4l2-ctl -d1 -D
Stream video using MMAP stream I/O from /dev/video0:
v4l2-ctl -d0 --stream-mmap
Stream one frame of video from /dev/video0 and store it in a file:
v4l2-ctl --stream-mmap --stream-count=1 --stream-to=file.raw
Stream video from /dev/video0 and stream it over the network:
v4l2-ctl --stream-mmap --stream-to-host <hostname>
Use 'qvidcap -p' on the host to view the video.
Stream video from /dev/video0 using DMABUFs exported from /dev/video2:
v4l2-ctl --stream-dmabuf --export-device /dev/video2
Stream video from a memory-to-memory device:
v4l2-ctl --stream-mmap --stream-out-mmap
Stream video from a capture video device (/dev/video1) to an output video device (/dev/video2):
v4l2-ctl -d1 --stream-mmap --out-device /dev/video2 --stream-out-dmabuf
BUGS
This manual page is a work in progress.
Bug reports or questions about this utility should be sent to the linux-media@vger.kernel.org
mailinglist.