[MEncoder-users] encoding from usb device on windows xp

[Dave Puryear]

On 12/28/06, Dave Puryear <Dave.Puryear at dataconversions.biz> wrote:
> I'd like to encode from a usb webcam or the pinnacle pctv hd usb stick
> on Windows XP.
> I see from the docs various Linux examples, such as "device=<value>
> Specify TV device (default: /dev/video0)"
>
> Please pardon my ignorance; what's the Windows equivalent of
> /dev/video0, if any?
>
Except for writing a custom DirectX front end, there isn't.  Windows
userspace access to devices is the worst ever.

Thanks for the reply.  I just noticed VLC uses "dshow://" to capture
from webcam, but it's buggy.