qv4l2 - A test bench application for video4linux devices
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v4l-utils 1.28.1 March 2015 QV4L2(1)
Description
The qv4l2 tool is used to test video4linux capture and output devices, either video, vbi, radio or
swradio. This application can also serve as a generic video/TV viewer application or as a video generator
for video output devices.
However, it does not (yet) support compressed video streams other than MJPEG
Exit Status
On success, it returns 0. Otherwise, it will return the error code.
Hotkeys
MainWindowCtrl+O
Open device
Ctrl+R
Open device in raw mode
Ctrl+W
Close the device
Ctrl+V
Start capture
Ctrl+F
Resize Capture Window to frame size
Ctrl+Q
Exit the application
CaptureWindowCtrl+W
Closes the window and stops capture
Ctrl+F
Resize Capture Window to frame size
Name
qv4l2 - A test bench application for video4linux devices
Options
-d, --device=<dev>
Use device <dev> as the video device. If <dev> is a number, then /dev/video<dev> is used.
-V, --vbi-device=<dev>
Use device <dev> as the vbi device. If <dev> is a number, then /dev/vbi<dev> is used.
-r, --radio-device=<dev>
Use device <dev> as the radio device. If <dev> is a number, then /dev/radio<dev> is used.
-S, --sdr-device=<dev>
Use device <dev> as the SDR device. If <dev> is a number, then /dev/swradio<dev> is used.
-R, --raw
Open device in raw mode, i.e. without using the libv4l2 wrapper functions.
-h, --help
Prints the help message.
Synopsis
qv4l2 [-R] [-h] [-d<dev>] [-r<dev>] [-V<dev>] [-S<dev>]
