get video of /dev/videoX

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Tuesday, March 06, 2012 a las 12:03:58PM +0100, Xavier xfm escribió:

> Hi,
> 
> I have:
> 
> > ls -l /dev/video8 /dev/input/event8
> crw-rw----  1 webcamd  webcamd    0, 127  5 mar 11:09 /dev/input/event8
> crw-rw----  1 webcamd  webcamd    0, 126  5 mar 11:09 /dev/video8
> >
> 
> How can I get video of /dev/video8 ?

You have to be in the group 'webcamd' and must have installed
ports/multimedia/pwcview; then you can use

$ pwcview -d /dev/video8

HIH

	matthias
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