[CentOS] webcam program for continuous recording.

Sun Sep 28 22:55:06 UTC 2014
g <geleem at bellsouth.net>


On 09/28/2014 05:40 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> 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,

all ports are USB 2.


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