video recording

2012-06-06 Thread george dicegeorge
I installed UbuntuStudio on a laptop with a builtin camera but couldnt find how to record simple video with it. Is there a simple video recorder built in, (there SHOULD be) or do I have to download something from Software Centre, if so what is recommended? [george] -- Ubuntu-Studio-users

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread Mike Holstein
Cheese is simple.. try that.. enjoy! On Jun 6, 2012 8:43 AM, george dicegeorge dicegeo...@hotmail.com wrote: I installed UbuntuStudio on a laptop with a builtin camera but couldnt find how to record simple video with it. Is there a simple video recorder built in, (there SHOULD be) or do I

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread george dicegeorge
downloaded cheese but it didnt work on this laptop (although during install ubstudio used it to take my user picture) (it does on the ub10.04 desktop). oh well, havent time to debug it, thanks for the suggestion, back to win7... [g] From: Mike Holstein Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:46 PM

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread Mike Holstein
cheese doesn't include drivers or hardware support. that is likely the issue you are experiencing, hardware support. enjoy windows 7, and let your product vendor know that you would like linux support for your device. On Jun 6, 2012 10:07 AM, george dicegeorge dicegeo...@hotmail.com wrote:

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread Adam Behnke
thanks for trying out linux, i'm not sure of your urgency (perhaps a mac would be a better fit for you, web cams are easier to use than windows). if you ever would like to try again at a later time, please include the make/model of the computer and webcam (there maybe specific drivers involved).

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread Mike Holstein
i think i mis-read this message.. if the cam worked in 10.04, and not in 12.04, its likely something that *can* be supported in 12.04. i would just use 10.04 if all is working well... if it aint broke as they say... the kernel can become bloated if drivers are kept in it, and the support for your

Re: video recording

2012-06-06 Thread george dicegeorge
sorry for confusion- the webcam worked when i was installing ubuntustudio12.04 on this laptop, during installation it asked to take a photo with it for my login photo. Cheese installed OK on my other computer with ubuntu10.04, Cheese doesnt seem to have installed properly on this laptop with