<span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am currently testing audio and video streaming from a </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">webcam</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> using a </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">command line version of FFMPEG on an android box, the MeLE A2000</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> I am having a problem accessing the webcam mic</span><br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Using Ubuntu as a reference, the correct command to determine the recording devices available is </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">arecord -L </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. Unfortunately </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">arecord -L </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">does not work on the A2000 </span><br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The current command option </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">alsa</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> for accessing the webcam mic is </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">ffmpeg -f alsa -alsa_device_name.. </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and the previous option of </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">oss</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> does not work either, ie </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">ffmpeg -f -oss..</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> does not work either.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The listed audio devices shown in </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">/dev/snd </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">shows the mic portion of the webcam as </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">pcmC3D0c </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">controlC3</b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. The reason I know this is because if I unplug the webcam these values vanish from the directory listing.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Arial, Liberation Sans, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Has anyone tried successfully to access the mic portion of a webcam using ffmpeg on an android box, especially on the A1000/2000? </span></font></span><div>
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">How do you formulate the correct format of the command to access the </span><b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;line-height:18px">webcam </b><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">mic. </span><br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,'Liberation Sans','DejaVu Sans',sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Please note that I am able to access the audio and video on my Ubuntu PC using ffmpeg hence i know that both devices work</span> . Also the same webcam works with the Skype on the Mele A2000.<br clear="all">
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