James, if you can please report this (feature request) to the upstream, which may bring more possibility that your request would be included into xscreensaver code.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449233 Title: ffmpeg not used by xscreensaver-getimage-video Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: xscreensaver-getimage-video does not support ffmpeg as a video capturing program. A command to grab a single frame of video from the webcam would be: ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -ss 00:00:01 -vframes 1 -f png <filename> ffmpeg is a relatively common program to have, and so including it as an option for xscreensaver-getimage-video would be useful. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1449233/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
