FREENECT-GLVIEW(1)
β¨ FREENECT-GLVIEW β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to freenect-glview π β the lil demo program that comes with the libfreenect library. Manual page, but make it cute.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
freenect-glview [device_index]
π DESCRIPTION π
so basically this is a simple demo program that shows you how the libfreenect library works. it's giving tutorial energy, but make it β¨functionalβ¨. it also gives you a super easy way to test whether your communication with the freenect device is actually working, because nothing is more humbling than a device that just... doesn't talk back π
π Shortcuts π
here's the group chat of keyboard shortcuts. memorize them or screenshot them, idc, but they slay:
- ESC β exit the program. bye bestie π«Ά
- Key W β increase tilt
- Key S β reset tilt to 0
- Key X β decrease tilt
- Key F β change video format
- Key 1 β change LED color to still green
- Key 2 β change LED color to still red
- Key 3 β change LED color to still yellow
- Key 4 β change LED color to blinking green
- Key 5 β change LED color to blinking green
- Key 6 β change LED color to blinking red and yellow
- Key 0 β switch off the LED
ngl, keys 4 and 5 are both listed as blinking green in the source material. not me fixing it β I'm just the messenger π
π¦ OPTIONS π¦
device_indexβ specify the index of the device that should be used. this one is highkey useful when you've got several devices connected at once and you need to tell them apart. main character selection, periodt π
π SEE ALSO π
fakenect(1)freenect-glpcview(1)freenect-cppview(1)
and that's the whole vibe β¨ this page is from the libfreenect manual, brought to you by OpenKinect, dated 2012-05-21. stay iconic, go tilt something ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3+b1 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- debian trixie: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3.2+b1 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-2 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu noble: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3.2build1 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu questing: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3.2build1
- ubuntu resolute: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3.3 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: libfreenect-bin 1:0.5.3-3.3 Β· Apache-2 OR GPL-2.0-only
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms