DC1394_MULTIVIEW(1)

📦 version 2.2.7, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, epel 10, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

💖 dc1394_multiview — a User Commands moment 💖

okay bestie, so dc1394_multiview is a little user command and it's here to display format0 camera video 🎀 that's literally the whole point of it, and honestly? iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dc1394_multiview [--fps=[1,3,15,30]] [--res=[0,1,2]]
[--device=/dev/video1394/x]

like yes, that's a lot of brackets, breathe. it's fine. she's flexible 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

She views format0-only camera video, and she can do it from one or more cameras at the same time. multi-cam era. main character energy fr fr 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --fps — frames per second, bestie. the default is 7. heads up tho: the 30 fps setting is incompatible with the 640x480 RGB8 resolution setting, so don't try to serve both at once, that's a vibe check fail 💀
  • --res — resolution time. 0 is 320x240 (and that's the default, she's lowkey chill like that), 1 = 640x480 YUV4:1:1, 2 = 640x480 RGB8 🌈
  • --device — this one specifies which video1394 device to use, and it's optional btw, not mandatory, she's not demanding. default is /dev/video1394/<port#> 🦋
  • --help — prints the help message. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate 🫶

⌨️ KEYBOARD CONTROLS ⌨️

like, actual keys. you press them. with your hands. keyboard era 🍓

  • q — quit. bye bestie, love u 😭
  • < or , — scale -50%
  • > or . — scale +50%
  • 0 — pause ⏸️
  • 1 — set framerate to 1.875 fps
  • 2 — set framerate to 3.75 fps
  • 3 — set framerate to 7.5 fps
  • 4 — set framerate to 15 fps
  • 5 — set framerate to 30 fps
not me listing every single number like a good girl, because yes, every single one matters ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Peter De Schrijver <p2@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others) and added to upstream by Peter Antoniac <theseinfeld@users.sf.net>. we love a credited queen, periodt 💜

and that's the whole page bestie!! this little baddie is dc1394_multiview, it lives in the DC1394_MULTIVIEW(1) section of the manual, and this version is dated December 2003 — vintage but still slaying 🕰️✨ go forth and view that format0 video, iykyk 🌸💖

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