On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 01:28:56AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Celejar wrote: > >> >> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:59:02 +0800 (WST) >> Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello. >>> >>> I am running Debian 4.0 on a number of computers (laptop and desktop). >>> >>> I have a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcam. >> >> ... >> >>> How do I get it to record video clips? >> >> Try this? >> >> http://www.quickcamteam.net/documentation/faq/how-can-i-record-video-from-my-webcam >> >>> Bret Busby >> >> Celejar >> -- >> mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email >> ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator >> >> >> > > That one has the following text: > > "How can I record video from my webcam? > > One way is to use FFmpeg with the following command line: > > ffmpeg -vd /dev/video0 -an -vcodec mpeg4 -s 640x480 output.avi > > This records video (no audio) from the /dev/video0 device at a > resolution of 640x480 and writes it to output.avi." > > However, what I want to be able to do, is to record a videoclip with > sound, so that I can send a videoclip of my silly looking face moving, > as I talk, to relatives and friends, so that they can see what a video > call would look like. > > I basically want to be able to make video clips that would be like video > calls, but that are not interactive, like video calls, so that I could > send the videoclips by email. man ffmpeg and learn how to capture the audio as well. The very first example in the man page Examples section shows one way to do it. It depends of course on whether the spca driver actually works with audio and captures an audio stream. That I don't know. and you might look at the gscpa drivers, which I think are more up-to-date, but it's been a while... A
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