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:sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=800,scale=1,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=D:\temp\mytest.avi} Dommage ! This does not produce a standard AVI file, though the file does play with VLC. Apparently I should use mux=avi and without audio, sout should look som...

Using a VLC command-line to silently capture video from a webcam, or to capture a series of frames as images, is not well documented IMHO. I have therefore given examples and simple explanations below. The same commands should apply for Windows (tested with VLC 1.0.1), linux or the Mac-OS. (To open ...

All I want is a 1-line command to capture a jpg snapshot or an n second video from one of several cameras, without popping up the VLC interface or anything else if that is at all possible. After searching the recent forum and making many trials, I found my 1-line command to silently take a snapshot...

complete list of command line switches http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help Use scene filter if you want to automate capture. http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=62311&p=209953&hilit=scene#p209953 Excuse me, but I am an old man and I can't understand these cryptic a...

Here's an example:
http://i29.tinypic.com/anijox.jpg

OK 32romulus and vlc_fan-01, very clever But how about giving us the command-lines you used to do that in MPC or KM Player ?

vlc -Idummy and don't use --open but directly dshow:// I'm coming back to this after having given up a while after much frustration :-) The -Idummy switch was useful, but I also want to hide the video window (by omitting dshow:// ?) And I need a switch to take the actual snapshot . The following hi...

Fine. But you still need the current EasyCap driver for audio to work. Besides, AMCap costs $29 and puts a nasty bar across still captures until you pay $29 is fairly expensive for a rather old update of what was originally free Microsoft demo code

ImageJ http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ is NIH's powerful free scientific image treatment Java application, with a large number of plugins and macros written by users. VLC and VirtualDub can be used with imageJ, and indeed there is a VirtualDub macro. You can open Plugins/New/Macro and define virtualDub,...

There is a bug in the driver shipped with some EasyCap USB devices. This is discussed on the manufacturers WWW site from which you can download the latest drivers eg http://www.szforwardvideo.com/support/Supp_2_2.html EasyCap devices work well with VideoLan. For example, this script can be used to o...