11.3 webcam capture GUI tools? vlc doesn't work for me...

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Anyone have a suggestion for a good GUI tool for webcam captures? This is going to be used for long captures, 1-2 hours, which I’ll ultimately want to burn to DVD. I want a tool which will show me a live view at the same time it’s recording, and ideally allows me to select different resolutions.

I tried vlc, but can’t make it work. When I set video source to /dev/video0 I get:
main input error: open of `v4l2:///dev/video0’ failed: (null)

There are also errors from libv4l2convert with any of the tools:
libv4lconvert: warning more framesizes then I can handle!

Command line tools are able to access the video off /dev/video0 and capture, though there’s a separate problem there with the video playback speed.

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Hello dsosnoski

The same problem here so now i have wxcam its in the repos
it can make avi files no lenght limit and recording you see the picture in the gui.
Not all webcams are supported mine a logitech works

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wxcam works for me on one system, but on the other I just get a black window. It also seems really slow even on the one that works, and the image has some discoloration.

For now I’m making do with console-based ffmpeg capture. My next issue is figuring out how to use the mixer for ffmpeg audio capture, rather than the microphone on the web cam. I’d still prefer a GUI tool that lets me configure everything directly, though.