Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 02:08:02 +0300 From: Alexei Khalimov <lesha@mos.net> To: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: an FXTV suggestion Message-ID: <3873CED1.22BD498F@mos.net> References: <38718545.451AE46F@mos.net> <20000105171550.A14765@ipass.net>
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Randall Hopper wrote: > What you want is a batch capture tool. What Fxtv is is an interactive GUI > application. These should be a separate apps. > > [[ I've seen this discussion before, with other tools. First is the > request for batch capabilities, then the complaint from someone else that > doesn't even run X that they have to have X installed (allocate disk space > for it, download the packages, etc.), not just to compile their batch app, > but to run it. The complaint is certainly justified. ]] > Well, I would be happy with something like fxtv -batchsave /tmp/webcam.ppm -period 60 which will save single frame to that file every 60sec or save one and exit when called without -period (all this without starting GUI) it should not be hard to code it... > Randall -- Alexei Khalimov | lesha@mos.net lead backbone engineer | 7-095-9462114 Moscow Residental Internet | http://www.mos.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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