Manual browser: camera(1)

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Name

camera — Webcam and photo camera application

Synopsis

camera [-d device] [-O overlay] [-H] [-h] [-R] [-r] [-V] [-v] [-x]

Description

camera is a webcam application, with the ability to take pictures. It also supports image flipping (horizontal and vertical) and choosing alternative scaling algorithms (via the preferences window).

Options

The following options are available:

-d

Specify a video device to open.

-H

Force the output to be flipped horizontally.

-h

Force the output not to be flipped horizontally.

-O

Specify an image to display on top of the camera feed.

-R

Force the output to preserve the aspect ratio when scaling.

-r

Scale the output without preserving the aspect ratio.

-V

Force the output to be flipped vertically.

-v

Force the output not to be flipped vertically.

-x

Start the application in embedded mode (for embedding inside other applications).

Bugs

Issues can be listed and reported at http://www.defora.org/os/project/bug_list/3997/Camera.

See also

browser(1), gallery(1)