xscreensave...timage-video(6)

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version 6.15 · 2 versions
, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

xscreensaver-getimage-video — the little helper that goes and grabs a video still frame so your screen savers can do their thing 🎬✨

Oh also hiii, welcome to the XScreenSaver manual, bestie, you're gonna love it here 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xscreensaver-getimage-video [--verbose]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: xscreensaver-getimage-video is a helper program — like, the supporting cast, the best friend of the operation — for all the xscreensaver hacks that mess around with images. Specifically (iykyk), it gets called up by xscreensaver-getimage(6) whenever that program needs it. Main character energy, but make it a team player 💅

What it actually does: it grabs a single frame of video from your system's video input, drops it into a file, and then prints the name of that file on stdout. That's the whole vibe.

And how does it work this magic? It literally sniff out which frame-grabbing programs are installed on the system, and then invokes the first one it finds. Dedicated. Resourceful. Slay 🌸

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

xscreensaver-getimage-video accepts the following options:

  • --verbose — print diagnostics. She's chatty, she's telling you everything, we respect it 🙈💬

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

(Yes, all of them. The whole group chat. 🫶)

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. So like… no promises, bestie. She's giving what she's giving, and she's giving it for free 💀

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

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

and that's the whole page!! X Version 11, 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) — mwah, ily, go grab some frames 💅🎬💖

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