rpicam-vid

Capture a 10 second video

$ rpicam-vid -t 10000 -o path/to/file.h264

rpicam-vid [options]

rpicam-vid captures encoded video using a Raspberry Pi camera. By default it produces H.264 encoded video, suitable for direct playback or further processing.
The tool supports various output formats and encoding options for different use cases.

-t, --timeout ms

Recording duration in milliseconds

Output file path (.h264, .mp4, etc.)

H.264 raw streams may need container wrapping for some players. Use ffmpeg or similar to convert to MP4 if needed.

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

rpicam-raw(1), rpicam-still(1), vlc(1), ffmpeg(1)