Federico Salvioli <savioli3 <at> virgilio.it> writes: > ffmpeg -t 2 -loglevel debug -r 15 -f libdc1394 > -i /dev/fw1 -y webcam.mpg Please remove -r 15, I think it does not do what you want. I would also suggest to test without -t. Iirc, you had to press play on your camera. Did you do that? Carl Eugen