[libcamera-devel] libcamera on pinephone

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > > Yes, cam does that.
> > > 
> > > `cam -l` to list cameras
> > > `cam -c 1 -C 10` to capture 10 frames from the first camera
> > 
> > Heh, that one does not work:
> > 
> > mobian at mobian:~/g/libcamera$ build/src/cam/cam -c 1 -C 10
> > Invalid non-option argument '10'
> > 
> > It attempts to work with long option:
> > 
> > $ build/src/cam/cam -c 1 --capture=10
> > 
> > Sounds like problem in argument parsing?
> 
> Sorry, I meant -C10. The count is optional so for short arguments it has
> to be specified without any space.

Would something like this make sense?

Thanks,
								Pavel

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f81d6e2e..e89dba98 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ for android: [optional]
 for lc-compliance: [optional]
         libevent-dev
 
+Basic testing with cam utility
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+cam utility can be used for basic testing. You may want to start with
+"LIBCAMERA_LOG_LEVELS=*:DEBUG build/src/cam/cam -c 1 -I --capture=10 --file=/tmp/".
+
+
 Using GStreamer plugin
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

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