Raspistill

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Use raspistill to take photos

Note: raspistill is removed from Raspberry pi Bullseys OS.

Raspistil function: run the camera at a specified time, and capture jpg images if necessary.

Format:raspistill [options]

Main image parameters and commands:

-?, --Help: help document

-w. -- width: set the image width < size > width

-h. -- height: set image height < size > height

-q. -- Quality: set JPEG quality < 0 to 100 >

-r. -- raw: add raw raw Bayer data to JPEG metadata

-o. -- output: output file name < file name >,

-l. -- Latest: link the latest complete image to the specified file < file name >

-v. -- verb: output details when running the camera

-t. -- timeout: the time delay is specified when photographing and closing. If it is not specified, the default is 5S

-e. -- encoding: encode to output the specified format file (jpg, BMP, GIF, PNG)

-TL, - timelapse: take one picture every < MS > at intervals

-k. -- keypress: press the key to trigger, press' Enter 'to take a picture, press' x' and then 'Enter' to exit

-s. - signal: signal triggered, waiting for another process signal to take a picture

-GC, - glcapture: capture GL frame buffer instead of camera image

-Set, - settings: retrieve the camera settings and write them to stdout

-CS, - camselect: select camera device < digital >, default 0


The above is just a list of some common commands. More detailed commands can be used by Baidu, Google or viewing help documents. Here are some specific examples:

After a delay of two seconds (in milliseconds), take a picture and save it as

image.jpg.raspistill -t 2000 -o image.jpg

Take a custom size photo.raspistill -t 2000 -o image.jpg -w 640 -h 480

Record a 5 second video clip (1080p25) using the default settings.raspivid -t 5000 -o

video.h264

Save to file a 5 second encoded camera stream image raspivid - t 5000 - O - >

My_file.h264

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