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.

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