Wannan aikin yana nufin samar da sauƙi mai sauƙi don ɗauka da kallon bidiyo daga na'urorin v4l2, tare da girmamawa na musamman ga direban linux uvc. Aikin yana samar da hanyar sadarwa mai sarrafawa bisa Gtk3 ko Qt5, dangane da tsarin ginin. Akwai zaɓin na'ura wasan bidiyo kawai. Hakanan zaka iya amfani da guvcview yana da taga mai sarrafawa kawai, (daga na'ura wasan bidiyo: guvcview –control_only), wannan yana ba da damar sarrafa hoto akan sauran aikace-aikacen, kamar eiga, cuku, mplayer, skype, … Audio. Ana iya zaɓin tallafin audio na Guvcview daga API guda biyu: portaudio ko pulseaudio (idan akwai) Duk musaya (ALSA, OSD, JACK,…) da portaudio ke goyan bayan ya kamata ya kasance a cikin guvcview. Kawai tabbatar an haɗa portaudio tare da kunna mu'amalar da ake so.