Webcam video recorder

Looking for video recorder applications in Ubuntu that can:

• record videos from webcam.
• can save for example last 15 minutes so I can review that recorded video; I don't want it to record all the time (hard disk will get full); only 15 minutes is enough.

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You may use Cheese

It ships with Ubuntu by default.

If you don't see in your installed software list, you may install this from Ubuntu Software Center.

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You can use vlc (sudo apt-get install vlc -y).

1. Open vlc, then press Ctrl+R
2. choose [capture device] and select your webcam
3. Press [Convert/Save]
4. Choose where to save the file and hit [start].
5. When you are done press ■

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