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On Sep 24 15:21:26, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello Laurie,
>
> On Sep 21 17:54:40, [email protected] wrote:
> > However, there's a probably deeper point here. IMHO, video(1) isn't really a
> > sensible tool for viewing or recording video
>
> I find it nice that a base tool exists
> for viewing and recording video, even
> if not the compressed formats.
>
> > as it can't access a camera's
> > MJPEG mode (assuming the camera has one!) without ld tricks.
>
> Can you elaborate please? I was under the impression that
> video(1) can only do the video -e encodings, namely:
>
> Valid arguments are ‘uyvy’, ‘yuy2’ and ‘yv12’. The default
> is ‘yuy2’ unless file is being used and only supports ‘uyvy’,
> in which case ‘uyvy’ will be used by default.
>
> What "ld tricks" would make video(1) recognize the mjpeg modes?
