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Asked: 2015-05-13 01:27:39 +0800 CST

How do I make a video using my webcam? [duplicate]

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I have an EEE PC 701 and want to record video using the built-in webcam. I have installed Lubuntu 14.10. I already have installed avconv and I want to use avconv.

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2 Answers

  1. If you want to use avconv

    Find video device

     ls /dev/video*

    suppose video0

    2- Find audio device

     arecord -l

    suppose output like this

     card 1: U0x46d0x8ad [USB Device 0x46d:0x8ad],........

    Then the audio device would be:

    plughw:U0x46d0x8ad,0

    Capture video and audio:

    avconv -f video4linux2 -r 25 -i /dev/video0 -f alsa -i plughw:U0x46d0x8ad,0 -ar 
22050 -ab 64k -strict experimental -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -y webcam.mp4

    If you want to try some GUI apps:

    1.Camorama Webcam Viewer

    To install it:

    sudo apt-get install camorama

    Caomorana screenshot

    2.GTK+ base UVC Viewer

    Install GUVC Viewer

    sudo apt-get install guvcview

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  2. Go to application , Chose

    cheese

    Cheese has an icon to record a video , Use that .

    Simple as few clicks

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