v4l2tools

Michel Promonet (mpromonet) Publisher

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v4l2tools

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Last updated

15 September 2026 - latest/stable
2 August 2026 - latest/edge

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v4l2 tools to read, convert & write

v4l2copy : read from a V4L2 capture device and write to a V4L2 output device
v4l2compress : read YUYV from a V4L2 capture device, compress in VP8/VP9/H264/HEVC format using libvpx and write to a V4L2 output device
v4l2dump : read from a V4L2 capture device and print to output frame information (work with H264 & HEVC)
v4l2source_yuv : generate YUYV frames and write to a V4L2 output device

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