terminal command to record video

Question

I have cheese software in order to record a video and also take a picture from my laptop camera. But when you open that. you should do two thing: 1.Select video recording among its default taking photo option) 2. start to play ( start to record)

I need a command line when you put it on the terminal. cheese start to recording video without any other mouse click.

Solution

You can try avconv.

According to manpage for the avconv command

avconv is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source.

There are many options in avconv, but for recording the screen, the command would be like

avconv -f x11grab -s 1024x768 -r 50 -t 500 -i :0.0 ~/Videos/name.mp4

Here,

-f: format for input file, x11grab for recording screen
-s: resolution, can be axb(eg. 1024x768) or some predefined words like hd1080
-r: rate(or bitrate).
-t: time, as seconds(500) or HH:MM:SS.[XXX](eg 01:04:59 or 01:56:43.111)
-i: input, here :0.0 generally
Finally the output file name

Comments

[Mohammad Reza Rezwani]

thanks for your help and answer, is this software has this ability to record via my laptop camera? What I am looking for is that.

[Registered User]

@alex Yes, it can record from any input source like webcam, video file or screen. But I don't know what the name would be for webcam.

[Registered User]

@alex Here's something that can help you. arashafiei.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/…

[Mohammad Reza Rezwani]

I appreciate your help