On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Mehul Ved wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. lists@pavri.net 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.