xscreensaver-getimage-video(6)

xscreensaver-getimage-video6

Grab a video still frame for use by screen savers

Usage

xscreensaver-getimage-video [--verbose]

Overview

The xscreensaver-getimage-video program is a helper program for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it is invoked by xscreensaver-getimage(6) as needed.

It grabs a single frame of video from the system's video input to a file, and prints the name of that file on stdout. It does this by figuring out which frame-grabbing programs are installed on the system, and invoking the first one it finds.

Options

xscreensaver-getimage-video accepts the following options:

--verbose

Print diagnostics.

Author

Jamie Zawinski <[email protected]>, 14-Apr-2001.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.