General/Common options:
-A, --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.
--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]
-d, --device <dev> use device <dev> instead of /dev/video0
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, --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.
-h, --help display this help message
--help-all all options
--help-io input/output options
--help-meta metadata format options
--help-misc miscellaneous options
--help-overlay overlay format options
--help-sdr SDR format options
--help-selection crop/selection options
--help-stds standards and other video timings options
--help-streaming streaming options
--help-subdev sub-device options
--help-tuner tuner/modulator options
--help-vbi VBI format options
--help-vidcap video capture format options
--help-vidout vidout output format options
--help-edid edid handling options
-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.
-w, --wrapper use the libv4l2 wrapper library.
--list-devices-input <name>
same as --list-devices, but only show devices with a current
input name that matches <name>
--list-devices-output <name>
same as --list-devices, but only show devices with a current
output name that matches <name>
--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
--verbose turn on verbose ioctl status reporting
--version show version information
Options (39)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--all | Display all information available. | help + man |
-C, --get-ctrl ctrl | get the value of the controls [VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS] | help |
-c, --set-ctrl ctrl>=<val | set the value of the controls [VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS] | help |
-D, --info | Show driver info [VIDIOC_QUERYCAP]. | help + man |
-z, --media-bus-info bus-info | Find the media device with the given <bus-info> string. | help + man |
-h, --help | display this help message | help + man |
--help-all | Prints the help message for all options. | help + man |
--help-io | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list inputs and outputs, both video and audio. | help + man |
--help-meta | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list metadata formats. | help + man |
--help-misc | Prints the help message for miscellaneous options. | help + man |
--help-overlay | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list overlay and framebuffer formats. | help + man |
--help-sdr | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list software defined radio formats. | help + man |
--help-selection | Prints the help message for all options that deal with selections (cropping and composing). | help + man |
--help-stds | Prints the help message for all options that deal with SDTV standards and Digital Video timings. | help + man |
--help-streaming | Prints the help message for all options that deal with streaming. | help + man |
--help-subdev | Prints the help message for all options that deal with v4l-subdevX devices. | help + man |
--help-tuner | Prints the help message for all options that deal with tuners and modulators. | help + man |
--help-vbi | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list VBI formats. | help + man |
--help-vidcap | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list video capture formats. | help + man |
--help-vidout | Prints the help message for all options that get/set/list video output formats. | help + man |
--help-edid | Prints the help message for all options that get/set EDIDs. | help + man |
-k, --concise | be more concise if possible. | help + man |
-l, --list-ctrls | Display all controls and their values [VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL]. | help + man |
-L, --list-ctrls-menus | Display all controls and their menus [VIDIOC_QUERYMENU]. | help + man |
-r, --subset ctrl | the subset of the N-dimensional array to get/set for control <ctrl>, for every dimension an (<offset>, <size>) tuple is given. | help |
-w, --wrapper | Use the libv4l2 wrapper library for all V4L2 device accesses. | help + man |
--list-devices-input name | Same as --list-devices, but only show devices with a current input name that matches <name>. | help + man |
--list-devices-output name | Same as --list-devices, but only show devices with a current output name that matches <name>. | help + man |
--log-status | Log the board status in the kernel log [VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS]. | help + man |
--get-priority | Query the current access priority [VIDIOC_G_PRIORITY]. | help + man |
--set-priority prio | set the new access priority [VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY] <prio> is 1 (background), 2 (interactive) or 3 (record) | help + man |
--silent | Only set the result code, do not print any messages. | help + man |
--sleep secs | Sleep <secs>, call QUERYCAP and close the file handle. | help + man |
--verbose, -v | turn on verbose ioctl status reporting | help + man |
--version | Show version information. | help + man |
-A, --list-devices | List all v4l devices. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-d, --device dev | Use device <dev> as the V4L2 device. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-e, --out-device dev | Use device <dev> for output streams instead of the default device as set with --device. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
-E, --export-device dev | Use device <dev> for exporting DMA buffers. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
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