VIDEOCTL(1)

VIDEOCTL(1) | General Commands Manual | VIDEOCTL(1)

# NAME

videoctl — control video device

# SYNOPSIS

videoctl | [-d device] -a

videoctl | [-d device] name ...

videoctl | [-d device] -w name=value ...

# DESCRIPTION

The videoctl command displays or sets various video system driver variables. If a list of variables is present on the command line, then videoctl prints the current value of those variables for the specified device. If the -a flag is specified, all variables for the device are printed. If the -w flag is specified videoctl attempts to set the specified variables to the given values. The -d flag can be used to specify an alternate video device. If -d is not specified, /dev/video0 is used.

# FILES

/dev/video0
  video device

# SEE ALSO

video(4)

# HISTORY

The videoctl command first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

December 26, 2010 | NetBSD 7.0