On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:width=320:height=240:device=/dev/video0 > > -nosound -ovc lavc -o wcrecording.avi > > > > wcrecording.avi just shows a black screen when palyed w/ mplayer > > > > I also tried > > > > ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg > > > > but it barfs w/ this error > > > > [video4linux2 @ 0xb7f6b110]Missing/Wrong parameters > > /dev/video0: Error while opening file > > > > can someone please help ? > > Can you please give the output of following commands as user > ls -l /dev/video* > groups > This will check if /dev/video0 actually exists and if the permissions are > right. > Here's my blog post on how I got my webcam to work on Linux see if it > helps http://techlog.mehulved.com/?p=24
Oh yes, the device is /dev/video0. As I said, the webcam does work. I am able to see a video window in kopete, I can snap a pic using mplayer and now I can even record video using vlc. What I am looking for is to record video fromthe command line. regards, Sharukh. -- Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. Hardware, n.: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
