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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