streamer(1)						      General Commands Manual						       streamer(1)

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 sup-
       ported.	Start streamer with '-h' for a list of options and supported output formats.

       streamer will use the file extention of the output file name to figure which format to use.  You need the -f/-F options only if the  exten-
       tion  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  MER-
       CHANTABILITY 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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