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rpicam-vid — Capture a video using a Raspberry Pi camera. See also: `vlc`. More information: <https://www.raspber

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Problem

How to use the rpicam-vid command: Capture a video using a Raspberry Pi camera. See also: vlc. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#rpicam-vid>.

Solution

rpicam-vid — Capture a video using a Raspberry Pi camera. See also: vlc. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#rpicam-vid>.

Capture a 10 second video:

rpicam-vid {{[-t|--timeout]}} 10000 {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.h264}}

Code Snippets

Capture a 10 second video

rpicam-vid {{[-t|--timeout]}} 10000 {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.h264}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/rpicam-vid

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