tldr/pages/linux/rpicam-vid.md

rpicam-vid

Capture a video using a Raspberry Pi camera. Some subcommands such as vlc have their own usage documentation. More information: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#rpicam-vid.

• Capture a 10 second video:

rpicam-vid -t 10000 -o {{path/to/file.h264}}

• Play the video using vlc:

vlc {{path/to/file.h264}}