xscreensave...timage-video(6) XScreenSaver manual xscreensave...timage-video(6) NAME xscreensaver-getimage-video - grab a video still frame for use by screen savers SYNOPSIS xscreensaver-getimage-video [--verbose] DESCRIPTION The xscreensaver-getimage-video program is a helper program for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it is invoked by xscreensaver-getimage(6) as needed. It grabs a single frame of video from the system's video input to a file, and prints the name of that file on stdout. It does this by figuring out which frame-grabbing programs are installed on the system, and invoking the first one it finds. OPTIONS xscreensaver-getimage-video accepts the following options: --verbose Print diagnostics. SEE ALSO X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6), xscreensaver-getimage-file(6), atitv(1), bttvgrab(1), ffmpeg(1), gqcam(1), grab(1), motioneye(1), mplayer(1), qcam(1), streamer(1), v4lctl(1), vid- cat(1), vidtomem(1). COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001-2021 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, mod- ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur- pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright no- tice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per- mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is pro- vided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Apr-2001. X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) xscreensave...timage-video(6)
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