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<h2 class="section"><a href="ffmpeg-devices.html#toc-video4linux2_002c-v4l2">3.20 video4linux2, v4l2</a></h2>

<p>Video4Linux2 input video device.
</p>
<p>&quot;v4l2&quot; can be used as alias for &quot;video4linux2&quot;.
</p>
<p>If FFmpeg is built with v4l-utils support (by using the
<code>--enable-libv4l2</code> configure option), it is possible to use it with the
<code>-use_libv4l2</code> input device option.
</p>
<p>The name of the device to grab is a file device node, usually