I have been trying to get vlc to record via a usb webcam(logitech quickcam express) but I seemed to have mucked it up. Now I can't even view after choosing 'open capture device' via the file menu. I have been experimenting so much I must have selected something that now stops me viewing the cam. The cam is working as I tried ekiga and well it works. I also heard that vlc can 'motion detect' and then record only at the time it detects. I did check something in the preferences that mentions something about motion detecting and am trying to find where it is right now. Phew there seems to be too much to vlc for me to figure out. This is on my laptop that has ubuntu 6.10.

see this link , it may help u
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/video...l4.rf.i386.rpm

thanks a lot
that may help me
regards

OK I ran it but not sure what to do now?

I have reinstalled Ubuntu and all is well now! I followed one of the tutorials. Not sure which one and it is working well.

You might want to take a look at zoneminder.

Yeah i did install zoneminder ages and that is when things went wrong. All of a sudden vlc would not play any videos at all anymore. DVD's, downloaded files, nothing would play. Might wait a while before I try zoneminder again.