rpicam-raw

Capture raw video for specific duration (milliseconds)

$ rpicam-raw -t 2000 -o path/to/file.raw

$ rpicam-raw -t 5000 --width 4056 --height 3040 -o path/to/file.raw --framerate 8

rpicam-raw [options]

rpicam-raw captures raw unprocessed video from a Raspberry Pi camera. Raw video preserves all sensor data without compression, suitable for post-processing.
Output files can be large due to the uncompressed nature of raw video.

-t, --timeout ms

Recording duration in milliseconds

Output file path

Video width

Video height

Frames per second

Raw video files are very large. Ensure sufficient storage and fast media. Post-processing software required to view raw output.

Part of rpicam-apps, the official Raspberry Pi camera application suite using libcamera.

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