V4l

v4l

??	VLC uses this protocol (or access module) to read data from a device or network.

module options

     --v4l-caching <integer>    Caching value in ms
     --v4l-vdev <string>        Video device name
     --v4l-adev <string>        Audio device name
     --v4l-chroma <string>      Video input chroma format
     --v4l-fps <float>          Framerate
     --v4l-samplerate <integer> Samplerate
     --v4l-channel <integer>    Channel
     --v4l-tuner <integer>      Tuner
     --v4l-norm {3 (Automatic), 2 (SECAM), 0 (PAL), 1 (NTSC)}
                                Norm
     --v4l-frequency <integer>  Frequency
     --v4l-audio <integer>      Audio Channel
     --v4l-stereo, --no-v4l-stereo
                                Stereo (default enabled)
     --v4l-width <integer>      Width
     --v4l-height <integer>     Height
     --v4l-brightness <integer> Brightness
     --v4l-colour <integer>     Color
     --v4l-hue <integer>        Hue
     --v4l-contrast <integer>   Contrast
     --v4l-mjpeg, --no-v4l-mjpeg
                                MJPEG (default disabled)
     --v4l-decimation <integer> Decimation
     --v4l-quality <integer>    Quality

v4l2

??	VLC uses this protocol (or access module) to read data from a device or network.

module options

• --v4l2-dev (string)

  Your video device (default /dev/video0)

• --v4l2-input (integer)

  Input of the card to use

  • 0 = tuner
  • 1 = composite
  • 2 = svideo

Source code

• modules/access/v4l.c (access module)

• modules/access/v4l2.c (access module)