capturing video from webcam and saving to a file

Question

I am trying to capture video(alongwith audio) from a webcam.
I need to record the video and save it to a file,for further processing.
Would like to do it through CLI.

Any ideas how to do it using ffmpeg or gstreamer.

I am getting these errors:

1.gstreamer:-  erroneous pipeline: no element "xvimagesink".  
2.ffmpeg   :-  unable to find suitable output format for video4linux2.

Any help is appreciated.

blade19899 · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-07T08:46:05.447

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Cheese webcam studio can record Video and take photo's with effects.

As for cli recording, see if this will work

streamer -q -c /dev/video0 -f rgb24 -r 3 -t 00:30:00 -o ~/outfile.avi

ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -s 320x240 -i /dev/video0 out.mpg

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edited Oct 07 '14 at 08:46

answered Jul 10 '12 at 11:38

blade19899

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thanks for help,
but i am using gstreamer(gst-launch-0.10) not streamer – python_beginner Jul 10 '12 at 11:52
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@blade19899 It seems that /dev/dsp is no more available. It is replaced by alsa. see this – sourav c. Mar 24 '16 at 06:32
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Yes, the ffmpeg command results in /dev/dsp: No such file or directory on Unbuntu 2015.10. And by the way, the streamer command records in quality much lower than what a correct ffmpeg command produces. – Nicolas Raoul Mar 24 '16 at 06:33

capturing video from webcam and saving to a file

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