webcam video?

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Auer wrote:

> Hi there.
> 
> I have a webcam that works fine (for example, with ekiga and camorama).
> I can record video off it using mencoder, too.
> 
> However, mencode doesn't display what it is recording.
> 
> Is there any way to record video from a webcam so that what is being
> recorded is displayed in real time?
> 
> Regards, K.

It probably depends greatly upon the type of webcam, but if it's using the
uvcvideo driver, luvcview can probably do it (not available as an ubuntu
package).
-- 
derek