Command Line and Video Capture/Tuner Cards

[Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>]

	In Linux, is it possible to use the command line to
command one of those video capture/tuner cards to begin recording
to a file?

	I was discussing the virtues of Linux with a friend and
said that if these cards can at least be commanded to start and
stop recording via the command line, all the power of at and cron
are available.  It would also be easier to remotely control a
system if the CLI works kind of like the sound commands of aplay
and arecord commands do.

Thanks for any replies.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group