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06-02-2011, 12:48 AM	#1
pbhat Member Registered: Apr 2004 Location: India Distribution: Opensuse 11.3 Posts: 34 Rep:	VLC specifying audio capture device I need to capture from my webcam. It has a mic too. I can specify video input device as /dev/video0. I specified input audio device as /dev/dsp2 ( OSS device, corresponding to USB Webcam), Now VLC throws an error, "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'alsa:///dev/dsp2'. Check the log for details" Thinking it wants an alsa device, I specify device as /dev/snd/pcmC2D0c. (got it from kinfocenter and dolphin). Now again an error, "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'alsa:///dev/snd/pcmC2D0c'. Check the log for details.". I try with any device, the same error. I have added myself to audio device so that I can read/write to the mentioned devices. I see no way of switching VLC to use OSS. And I see no information (documentation on net) on it's expected device listing for audio. If I do not specify device, the default mic is used which is not good How to specify audio device for VLC?

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