# Run sample applications for a camera

The camera sample applications provide custom use cases for single stream and multistream scenarios, previews and snapshots, dynamic updates to configurations and properties, and various other capabilities of the Qualcomm Linux camera.

If you face issues with camera or display, see [Camera troubleshooting](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70029-17/troubleshooting.html) and [Display troubleshooting](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-70029-18/debug.html).

- [Single camera streaming](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-camera-single-stream-example.html)
The **gst-camera-single-stream-example** application allows you to use a single camera with various outputs, including preview, encode, YUV dump, and RTSP streaming.
- [USB camera](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/usb-camera.html)
The **gst-ai-usb-camera-app** streams video from a USB webcam connected to the Qualcomm EVK. This webcam should be accessible as a `/dev/videoX` device. While you can perform object detection and preview the results, this procedure allows you to process the input from the USB camera without performing AI inferencing.
- [Multi-camera streaming](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-multi-camera-stream-example.html)
The **gst-multi-camera-example** application allows you to stream from two camera sensors simultaneously. The application composes the camera feeds side by side to display on a screen or encodes and stores the video streams to files.
- [Multistream](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-multi-stream-example.html)
The **gst-multi-stream-example** application allows you to access several streams from a single camera and either display them simultaneously on a screen or save them in MP4 format.
- [Live snapshot](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-snapshot-stream-example.html)
The **gst-snapshot-stream-example** application allows you to generate two streams: a preview stream for live display and a snapshot stream that captures images and saves them as JPEG files.
- [RTMP camera streaming](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-rtmp-stream-example.html)
The **gst-rtmp-stream-example** application uses the input from ISP or RTSP camera source to generate RTMP streams on a Waylandsink. You can use this application as a reference to develop and configure new applications.
- [Dynamic configuration](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/dynamic-configuration.html)
A common scenario in Edge AI applications is changing the image resolution at runtime for minimal frame loss or gap in the display or adding and removing several streams for camera reconfiguration. The dynamic configuration sample applications support these runtime changes.
- [Camera frame processing](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-appsink-example.html)
The **gst-appsink-example** application allows you to extract the buffer samples from a camera pipeline. These buffers can configure the camera resolution with the options such as width and height.
- [Camera metadata](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-camera-metadata-example.html)
The **gst-camera-metadata-example** application starts with a menu that allows you to choose between multiple properties of the camera plugin such as `video-metadata`, `static-metadata`, and `image-metadata`.
- [Camera stream configuration](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/camera-stream-configuration.html)
The **gst-add-streams-as-bundle-example** application allows you to activate and configure camera streams as a bundle instead of configuring each stream one at a time thus reducing the delay in configuring new streams.
- [Camera burst capture](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/camera-burst-capture.html)
The **gst-camera-burst-capture-example** application allows you to capture snapshots in the Burst mode. It captures five burst snapshots delayed by a 10-second timer and displays the snapshots on a screen.
- [Camera switch](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/camera-switch.html)
The **gst-camera-switch-example** application allows you to switch between two cameras.
- [Wide dynamic range and electronic image stabilization](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/dynamic-range-and-image-stabilization.html)
The **gst-camera-shdr-ldc-eis-example** application shows the staggered high dynamic range (sHDR), lens distortion correction (LDC), and electronic image stabilization (EIS) camera imaging features. For more information, see section\_em1\_gjq\_pcc.
- [Decode JPEG images](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70029-50/topic/gst-jpg-decode-example.html)
The **gst-jpg-decode-example** application allows you to decode JPEG images and view the decoded images on a screen.

Last Published: Apr 02, 2026

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