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rpicam-raw — Capture a raw video on a Raspberry Pi camera. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.com/documen

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Problem

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

Solution

rpicam-raw — Capture a raw video on a Raspberry Pi camera. More information: <https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#rpicam-raw>.

Capture a video for a specific amount of seconds:

rpicam-raw {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{2000}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.raw}}

Change video dimensions and framerate:

rpicam-raw {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{5000}} --width {{4056}} --height {{3040}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.raw}} --framerate {{8}}

Code Snippets

Capture a video for a specific amount of seconds

rpicam-raw {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{2000}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.raw}}

Change video dimensions and framerate

rpicam-raw {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{5000}} --width {{4056}} --height {{3040}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.raw}} --framerate {{8}}

Context

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