[CentOS] webcam program for continuous recording.

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.



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