GAVF-RECORD(1)

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version 2.0.0~svn6298 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu questing

💖 GAVF-RECORD 💖 (that's the gavf-record page from User Manuals, section 1, bestie)

okay so real talk, this is the manual page for gavf-record, and yes it is literally just called a "gavf recorder". That's the whole pitch. We move.

✨ NAME ✨

gavf-record — a gavf recorder 🎀 (iconic, brief, no notes)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gavf-record [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

gavf-record is a gavf recorder. That's it, that's the vibe. Run it, hand it some options, let it cook. 🔥

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -aud param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — set your audio recording options, like, all of them. The shape is plugin=option[{suboptions}] so you pick a plugin and then feed it stuff.

Supported options:

Default: (null)

Plugin

language=<string>

Supported strings (yes, the whole list, we are NOT skimping, this is every single one, fr fr):

aar abk ace ach ada afa afh afr aka akk ale alg amh ang apa ara arc arn arp art arw asm ath aus ava ave awa aym aze bad
bai bak bal bam ban bas bat bej bel bem ben ber bho bih bik bin bis
bla bnt tib bos bra bre btk bua bug bul cad cai car cat cau ceb cel cze cha chb che chg chk chm chn cho chp chr chu chv chy cmc cop cor
cos cpe cpf cpp cre crp cus wel dak dan day del den ger dgr din div
doi dra dua dum dyu dzo efi egy eka gre elx eng enm epo est baq ewe
ewo fan fao per fat fij fin fiu fon fre frm fro fry ful fur gaa gay
gba gem gez gil gla gle glg glv gmh goh gon gor got grb grc grn guj
gwi hai hau haw heb her hil him hin hit hmn hmo scr hun hup arm iba
ibo ijo iku ile ilo ina inc ind ine ipk ira iro ice ita jav jpn jpr
kaa kab kac kal kam kan kar kas geo kau kaw kaz kha khi khm kho kik
kin kir kmb kok kom kon kor kos kpe kro kru kum kur kut lad lah lam
lao lat lav lez lin lit lol loz ltz lua lub lug lui lun luo lus mad
mag mah mai mak mal man map mar mas mdr men mga mic min mis mac mkh
mlg mlt mnc mni mno moh mol mon mos mao may mul mun mus mwr bur myn
nah nai nau nav nbl nde ndo nds nep new nia nic niu dut nno nob non
nor nso nub nya nym nyn nyo nzi oci oji ori orm osa oss ota oto paa
pag pal pam pan pap pau peo phi pli pol pon por pra pro pus que raj
rap rar roa rom rum run rus sad sag sah sai sal sam san sas sat sco
sel sem sga sgn shn sid sin sio sit sla slo slv sme smi smo sna snd
snk sog som son sot spa alb srd scc srr ssa ssw suk sun sus sux swa
swe syr tah tai tam tat tel tem ter tet tgk tgl tha tig tir tiv tkl
tli tmh tog ton tpi tsi tsn tso tuk tum tur tut tvl twi tyv uga uig
ukr umb und und urd uzb vai ven vie vol vot wak wal war was wen wol xho
yao yap yid yor ypk zap zen zha chi znd zul zun

Default: eng

Language

  • -vid param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — set your video recording options. Same energy as above: plugin=option[{suboptions}].

Supported options:

Default: (null)

Plugin

  • -o <output> — the output file or location. Where the magic lands. ✨
  • -m name=value — set global metadata on the output (you can use this multiple times, stack it up 🫶). Use "name=" to clear a field.
  • -oopt param1=val1[&param2=val2...] — options. Yes that's the description. Here's what's inside:
    • shm=<number> (default: 1024) — SHM threshold. It picks the minimum packet size for using shared memory for a stream. Heads up: non-positive values disable shared memory completely, like fully off.
    • to=<number> (500..100000, default: 5000) — timeout, in milliseconds.
    • dp=[1|0] (default: 0) — dump gavf packets. Use this for debugging 🐛

🌈 GENERIC OPTIONS 🌈

these ones come free with every gmerlin application, no cap:

  • -help — print this help message and dip.
  • -help-man — print this help message as a manual page and dip.
  • -help-texi — print this help message in texinfo format and dip.
  • -version — print version info and dip.
  • -v level — set verbosity level (0..4).
  • -syslog name — log to syslog under the specified name.
  • -stderr — always log to stderr.

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • ~/.gmerlin/plugins.xml — cache of the plugin registry (shared by all applications, so don't be weird about it).
  • ~/.gmerlin/generic/cfg.xml — default plugin parameters get read from here. Use gmerlin_plugincfg if you wanna change them.
lowkey important: everything above is exactly as written in the original page, so if a flag says it does a thing, it does that thing and nothing else. no guessing, bestie. 💅

and that's the whole page, mwah 💜 this came from the Gmerlin crew, dated 2025-09-26 — go forth and record something iconic 🦋✨

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