[FFmpeg-user] Testing my old version: "What's wrong w/ this command?" FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3,

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On 01/26/12 02:51, maujhsn wrote:
> Would appreciate help for this older version!
> Does ffmpeg purposely write a self destruct script in theses older version
> to not work after a certain date?  Who cares that beauty comes before age :)
>
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0
> -/Desktop/out.mpg
> FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3, Copyright (c) 2000-2009
> Fabrice Bellard, et al.
>    configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3 --prefix=/usr
> --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib
> --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex
> --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib
> --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl
> --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394
> --enable-shared --disable-static
>    libavutil     49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
>    libavcodec    52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
>    libavformat   52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
>    libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
>    libavfilter    0. 4. 0 /  0. 4. 0
>    libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
>    libpostproc   51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
>    built on Dec 21 2011 18:41:38, gcc: 4.4.3
> Input #0, oss, from '/dev/dsp':
>    Duration: N/A, start: 1327525933.880038, bitrate: N/A
>      Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 705 kb/s
> [video4linux2 @ 0x1ea58c0]Wrong size (0x0)
> /dev/video0: Error while opening file
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You tired this as root?

What's the output of -
ls -l /dev/video0

However, this -

[video4linux2 @ 0x1ea58c0]Wrong size (0x0)

Suggests this's not a permission problem.