Raspberry Pi Camera Commands

Useful commands to get started:

To take a photo:

raspistill -o cam.jpg

From the documentation.

To save a 5 second raw h264 encoded video file:

raspivid -o vid.h264

From RASPICAM Commands.

To wrap it in an mp4 from easier playback:

sudo apt-get install gpac MP4Box -add vid.h264 vid.mp4 

From this post.