Camera Software


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WolfSpider said:
What type of software could we use for a usb/bluetooth camera?
mplayer for capturing:
Code:
mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=1280:height=800
mencoder for recodring:
Code:
mencoder tv://1 -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:\
fps=24:alsa:forceaudio:amode=0:adevice=hw.0,0:audiorate=22050 -oac mp3lame\
-lameopts vbr=3:br=32:mode=3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:\
vbitrate=1200:keyint=300 -o webcamvideo.avi
Options description:
  • tv://1 - TV capture module
  • -tv - TV capture mode properties
  • driver=v4l2 - TV input driver
  • width=640:height=480 - output window resolution
  • device=/dev/video0 - device to capture video from
  • alsa - capture audio from ALSA
  • forceaudio - capture audio even if there are no audio sources reported by v4l
  • amode=0 - capture mono sound
  • adevice=hw.0,0 - name of device to capture sound from
  • audiorate=22050 - audio capture bitrate
  • -oac mp3lame - encode audio to MP3 (using LAME)
  • -lameopts - audio codec properties
  • vbr=3 - average bitrate method
  • br=32 - bitrate in Kbps
  • mode=3 - encode mono sound
  • -ovc lavc - encode video with a libavcodec codec
  • -lavcopts - video codec properties
  • vcodec=mpeg4 - encode video to MPEG-4
  • vbitrate=1200 - bitrate in Kbps
  • keyint=300 - maximum interval between IDR-frames (specifies seeking precision)
  • -o webcamvideo.avi - output file name
 
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Wheels said:
...or we could use Cheese.
I now demand we generate a "quotes thread" in the off topic section of the site, for gems such as this.
I've been laughing to the point at which I got up, left, forgot about this page, came back, laughed again, then wrote this.

You've made my day, sir.
 
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Kaze0110 said:
Wheels said:
...or we could use Cheese.
I now demand we generate a "quotes thread" in the off topic section of the site, for gems such as this.
I've been laughing to the point at which I got up, left, forgot about this page, came back, laughed again, then wrote this.

You've made my day, sir.
Confirmed: Kaze has a short-time memory capacity span of about 6 minutes
 
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