Video recording from webcam with mic

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#1

Opensuse 11.1 sound problems

After i got the webcam Logitech Quickcam Communicate MP/S5500
i could not record a XXXXX.avi with sound

No sound from the webcam

After a hole lot of googling i have the solution

/etc/modprobe/sound

looks now like

options snd-hda-intel model=auto
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel

rKvl.rtAUkvzp909:MCP55 High Definition Audio

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio

See the last line - alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio - I added.

Now you have to open the mic with the alsa mixer.

All is set you can record video with sound from the webcam

Have fun

#2

Congratulations on getting this to work.

Thank you for sharing your solution.

#3

create-avi-film

with this script i record the webcam with sound

#! /bin/sh
mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:adevice=/dev/dsp1 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o webcam.avi

Make it with kwrite or so and after saving it sudo chmod a+x create-avi-film
now you can execute it with ./create-avi-film in a console

if the mic off your webcam is on another dsp 2 or 3 depending on the number of soundcards you have than change adevice=/dev/dspx
where x is your webcam mic

I will try to record with vlc
found in a ubuntu forum how to do that but that was with a regular camera
That way you can see your self when making the recording