Mike If your cam is on dev/video0 than cinelerra does record on /dev/video1 That is what I am doing here with a firewire cam. Try to record some jpeg or tiff files as a test.
Let me know cheers E On 24/05/10 12:24, Mike Morris wrote: > Hi, > > I'd love to use cinelerra to do some training videos, with webcam as > video source. > > This seems like it should be a FAQ, but I've googled quite a bit, and > found very little (except "use ffmpeg")... finally found someone who > claimed to have successfully used a USB source input to cinelerra. . . > > Here's what I've done: > > I can set up Recording successfully with Screen capture as source; > this should prove that the output format settings are valid > > * Switching the Settings to Video4Linux and specifying > "/dev/video0" (known to be correct device name) > * I can go to record and click interactive record button: > > * the position counter increments > * The audio meters in the "VIdeo In" window react to sound > * The Video In screen turns green > > But nothing gets recorded. > > The obvious problem is that the "record" light on the webcam never > comes on. Probably the screen is green because there's no vid from the > webcam, which isn't in "record" mode... how do I enable the silly > thing before trying to capture? Or is that not really the problem? > > Another oddity: The record screen doesn't show the "source"... Most of > the settings on the Record dialog get reflected on the batch item... > but not "Source". Not matter what I do, the Source column on the > active batch item is always "None". This is despite the fact that I > manually enter "/dev/video0" into the "Source:" field above. > > Thanks in advance > > For the record, it's a "Creative VF0560 Live! Cam Optia AF". > >
