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October 7, 2013 12:10
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Use gst-launch (gstreamer-tools) to capture single images and stream video from the command-line.
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# Capture a single image and save it in JPEG format. | |
$ gst-launch v4l2src num-buffers=1 ! jpegenc ! filesink location=/tmp/test.jpg | |
# Stream video from a webcam. | |
$ gst-launch v4l2src ! xvimagesink |
Hi I was wondering if this command with gst-launch is only applicable via command line or if I am able to enter this into my script that is already using gstreamer to capture an image?
You can custumize gst pipeline or use +1 pipe with appsrc ! ... ! appsink in python scripts
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@ramshivas , to get raw image
Formats are listed here https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/additional/design/mediatype-video-raw.html?gi-language=c
Threre is GRAY8, GRAY16_BE formats