[NCLUG] V4L Snapshot help

[Rob Bayerl]

mplayer - it has built in v4l support, works without X, and takes snapshots! ;)
You may want to check out <http://www.zoneminder.com/> I looked into
it but haven't bought any cameras yet.

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Grant Johnson <grant at amadensor.com> wrote:
> I have a working V4L device.   It displays nicely on xawtv and kdetv.
>
> I would like to take snapshots from the composite input on it.   I would
> like to be able to do this from the command line without X being involved.
> Basically, I would like to be able to set up a cron job to take snapshots
> from a low-light CCTV camera.
> Any suggestions on what applications may work for me?
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