VIDEOD(8)

NAME
videod - video capture daemon

SYNOPSIS
videod [-v] [-f basename] [-d device] [-p port] [-w width] [-h height] [-q quality] [-s sleep-secs] [-i snap-minutes]

DESCRIPTION
videod performs periodical video captures to JPEG files using the bktr(4) interface.

The options are as follows:

-v  Print the videod version and exit.

-f basename
    Filename base for JPEG files. The default is ‘video’.

-d device
    Path to the bktr(4) device to use. If none is specified, /dev/bktr0 is used.

-p port
    The input port to use. Possible values are ‘rca’, ‘dev1’, ‘dev2’, ‘dev3’, ‘svideo’. If none is specified, ‘rca’ is used.

-w width
    The width of the image in pixels. The default is 640 pixels.

-h height
    The width of the image in pixels. The default is 480 pixels.

-q quality
    The JPEG quality to use. The default is 75.

-s sleep-secs
    The amount of time to sleep in seconds between captures. The default is to sleep 5 seconds.

-i snap-minutes
    The interval in minutes between each capture. If this is not specified, captures are made every 10 minutes.

FILES
(basename).jpg
    Periodically updated capture.
(YYYY)-(MM)/(DD)/(basename)-(HH)-(MIN).jpg
    Archived captures.

SEE ALSO
bktr(4)