xscreensave...timage-video(1)

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version 6.09 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie

✨ xscreensaver-getimage-video ✨

okay so bestie, you found yourself in the xscreensaver-getimage-video part of the XScreenSaver manual and honestly? valid. let's get into it 💅

💖 NAME 💖

xscreensaver-getimage-video — grab a video still frame for use by screen savers 🎥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xscreensaver-getimage-video [--verbose]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like, the xscreensaver-getimage-video program is a helper program for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it gets invoked by xscreensaver-getimage(6x) as needed. it's giving backstage crew energy, no cap 🫶

What it does: it grabs a single frame of video from the system's video input, writes it to a file, and prints the name of that file on stdout. iconic behaviour honestly.

And the way it pulls this off? It figures out which frame-grabbing programs are installed on your system, and then invokes the first one it finds. periodt. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

xscreensaver-getimage-video accepts the following options:

  • --verbose — print diagnostics. she's chatty, she's telling you everything, we love a transparent queen 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

X(1), xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6x), xscreensaver-getimage-file(6x), atitv(1), bttvgrab(1), ffmpeg(1), gqcam(1), grab(1), motioneye(1), mplayer(1), qcam(1), streamer(1), v4lctl(1), vidcat(1), vidtomem(1).

like, the whole friend group fr fr 💜

Copyright © 2001-2021 by Jamie Zawinski.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

no representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. (aka bestie, no promises, she is what she is 😭)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Apr-2001.

and that's the whole vibe, babe — X Version 11, version 6.09, dated 07-Jun-2024. go forth and grab those frames 💖✨🎀

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