How to capture video stream in vlc?

Question

I want to capture the video stream from the web-camera. I'm using vlc via console.

I used the following command:

cvlc /dev/video0

I've got the following exceptions...

VLC media player 2.0.5 Twoflower (revision 2.0.5-0-g1661b7d) [0x8731db8] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module... [0xb5000af0] filesystem access error: cannot open file /dev/video0 (Invalid argument) [0xb5000af0] main access error: Reading from a file failed [0xb5000af0] main access error: VLC cannot open file "/dev/video0". (Invalid argument) [0xb4f005f0] main input error: open of `file:///dev/video0' failed [0xb4f005f0] main input error: This source is not open [0xb4f005f0] main input error: VLC could not open the MRL 'file:///dev/video0'. Look for more details in the log file.

Does anybody know how to fix it?

Roman Dryndik · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-13 17:05:13Z

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Solved by the following command:

vlc -I dummy v4l2:///dev/video0 --video-filter scene

answered Jun 13, 2013 at 17:05

Roman Dryndik

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