wacaw

Capture both still pictures and video from an attached camera. More information: https://webcam-tools.sourceforge.net.

• Take a picture from webcam:

wacaw filename

• Record a video:

wacaw --video filename --duration 10

• Take a picture with custom resolution:

wacaw --width width --height 100 filename

• Copy image just taken to clipboard:

wacaw --to-clipboard

• List the devices available:

wacaw --list-devices