Capturing output with luvcview

[garryknight]

According to 'man luvcview', if I do this:

luvcview -o testvid.avi

then luvcview should capture the video to the .avi file. However, when I try it, no output file is created. Grabbing a raw stream or raw frames works fine, but not the creation of AVI files. Am I missing something?

[FlyingBuzz]

I'm experiencing the same problem on Asus EeePC t91. Everything works fine except video capturing. No errors, no warnings, everything seems to be fine, but.. no video.

[naruka]

Hi,

Has anyone found a solution this problem ?

I am facing the same problem. luvcview does not save avi file though its able to capture jpgs, ram frames.
sudo luvcview -d /dev/video0 -f yuv -s 176x144 -i 3 -o ./vid.avi

It shows like avi file recording started/stopped but there is no file generated.

Thank you,
naruka

[no2498]

look in your home folder for it
or in the computer

[naruka]

I think I see the problem in luvcview code, avi file is not initialized for V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV, its is initialized only for MJPG fmt.

./v4l2uvc.c:650: vd->avifile = AVI_open_output_file(vd->avifilename);

Now all I want to know is, does luvcview doesnt support recording of avi file from YUV frames ?
Any suggestions, what I can do for that support ?

Any help will be gr8!!

Thanks,
Naruka

[rahulagarwal622]

Hi,
How can I get frames in jpeg format. Luvcview only saves frames in .raw format.
Or how can I view raw frames.

[kayosiii]

guvcview supports the same hardware and has a much friendlier interface. Unless you have a specific reason not to I would reccomend trying that in place of luvcview.

[michelepolo]

guvcview supports the same hardware and has a much friendlier interface. Unless you have a specific reason not to I would reccomend trying that in place of luvcview.

i do agree with you, Luvcview has an horrible and unfriendly interface, when Guvcview is much better