On 9/27/2014 7:35 PM, g wrote: > the 2 webcam programs that i have installed from repos are 'camorama' > and 'cheese'. > > both work well for single photos, but i can not get 'cheese' to make > smooth, continuous video recording. what is recorded is a jerky > motion for a few seconds, pause, short record, pause, repeatedly. > sometimes, nothing is recorded. are you sure the camera is plugged into a USB 2.0 port? if its in a USB 1.x only port, it won't have adequate bandwidth for video recording. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast