v4l2-ctl

Control video devices. More information: https://manned.org/v4l2-ctl.

• List all video devices:
  v4l2-ctl --list-devices
• List supported video formats and resolutions of default video device /dev/video0:
  v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext
• List supported video formats and resolutions of a specific video device:
  v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext --device {{path/to/video_device}}
• Get all details of a video device:
  v4l2-ctl --all --device {{path/to/video_device}}
• Capture a JPEG photo with a specific resolution from video device:
  v4l2-ctl --device {{path/to/video_device}} --set-fmt-video=width={{width}},height={{height}},pixelformat=MJPG --stream-mmap --stream-to={{path/to/output.jpg}} --stream-count=1
• Capture a raw video stream from video device:
  v4l2-ctl --device {{path/to/video_device}} --set-fmt-video=width={{width}},height={{height}},pixelformat={{format}} --stream-mmap --stream-to={{path/to/output}} --stream-count={{number_of_frames_to_capture}}
• List all video device's controls and their values:
  v4l2-ctl --list-ctrls --device {{path/to/video_device}}
• Set the value of a video device control:
  v4l2-ctl --device {{path/to/video_device}} --set-ctrl={{control_name}}={{value}}