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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 supported.   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 extention  al-
     lows  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  out-
     put (-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  head-
     ers) 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 un-
     der  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 FIT-
     NESS 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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