rpicam-hello

Display camera preview for specific time (milliseconds)

$ rpicam-hello -t 5000

$ rpicam-hello --tuning-file /usr/share/libcamera/ipa/rpi/path/to/config.json

rpicam-hello [options]

rpicam-hello displays a live camera preview from a Raspberry Pi camera module. It's the simplest way to verify camera functionality and view the camera output.
The tool uses libcamera for modern camera support on Raspberry Pi.

-t, --timeout ms

Preview duration in milliseconds

Camera sensor tuning configuration

Requires a compatible Raspberry Pi camera module. Display output requires a working graphical environment or framebuffer.

Part of rpicam-apps, the official Raspberry Pi camera application suite replacing the legacy raspistill/raspivid tools.

rpicam-still(1), rpicam-vid(1), rpicam-jpeg(1)