1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "23-Jun-2003 (4.11)" "X Version 11"
3 xscreensaver-getimage-video - put a video frame on the root window
5 .B xscreensaver-getimage-video
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\--verbose] [\--stdout]
8 The \fIxscreensaver\-getimage\-video\fP program is a helper program
9 for the xscreensaver hacks that manipulate images. Specifically, it
11 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
12 as needed. This is not a user-level command.
14 This program grabs a random frame of video from the system's video input,
15 and then loads it on the root window. It does this by figuring out which
16 frame-grabbing programs are installed on the system, and invoking the
17 first one it finds. Then it runs
18 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage\-file (1)
19 to load that image onto the root window.
21 .I xscreensaver-getimage-video
22 accepts the following options:
28 Instead of loading the image onto the root window, write it to stdout
33 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
34 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1),
35 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage\-file (1),
42 Copyright \(co 2001 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy,
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51 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Apr-01