dc1394_vloopback(1)

dc1394_vloopback1

Send format0 video to v4l vloopback device

Usage

dc1394_vloopback [--daemon] [--pipe] [--guid=camera-euid] [--video1394=/dev/video1394/x] [--vloopback=/dev/video0] [{--palette=yuv422 | rgb24}] [--width=n] [--height=n]

Overview

Sends format0 640x480 RGB to the vloopback input device so that it can be consumed by V4L applications on the vloopback output device.

Options

--daemon

run as a daemon, detached from console (optional).

--pipe

write images to vloopback device instead of using zero-copy mmap mode (optional).

--guid

select camera to use (optional). default is first camera on any port.

--video1394

specifies video1394 device to use (optional). default is /dev/video1394/<port#>.

--vloopback

specifies video4linux device to use (optional). default is to determine this automatically.

--palette

specify the video palette to use (optional). yuv422 (default) or rgb24.

--width

set the initial width (default=640)

--height

set the initial height (default=480)

--help

print help message

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0–5.0
  3. 6.0–7
  4. 8–Arch

Bugs

This program is maintained by the DC1394 Package Mainteners' team <[email protected]>.

The bugs related to libdc1394 and current packaging can be submitted here:

http://bugs.launchpad.net/~libdc1394-dev/

For bugs related to library implementation, please submit to libdc1394 developers: <[email protected]>.

Author

This manual page was originally written by Peter De Schrijver <[email protected]> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From libdc1394 2.2.7-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.