wacaw

A little command-line tool for macOS that allows you to capture both still pictures and video from an attached camera.

• Take a picture from webcam:

wacaw {{filename}}

• Record a video:

wacaw --video {{filename}} -D {{duration_in_seconds}}

• Take a picture with custom resolution:

wacaw -x {{width}} -y {{height}} {{filename}}

• Copy image just taken to clipboard:

wacaw --to-clipboard

• List the devices available:

wacaw -L