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<revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-08-25" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-04-15" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-21" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Use your webcam to record short movies for sharing with friends.</desc>
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<desc>Use your webcam to record short movies for sharing with
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<title>Record a video</title>
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<p>Make sure that you are in <gui>Video mode</gui>. If you are, the button
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in the middle of the window will say <gui style="button">Record a
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<p>You can switch to <gui>Video mode</gui> by clicking the button in the
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main window or by selecting
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<guiseq><gui>Cheese</gui><gui>Video</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Click <gui style="button">Record a Video</gui>, or press the
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<key>Space</key> key. <app>Cheese</app> will start recording a video
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using your webcam.</p>
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<p>To stop recording, click <gui>Stop Recording</gui> or press
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<p>Make sure that you are in <gui>Video</gui> mode. If you are, the
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<gui style="button">Video</gui> button will be selected on the left side
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<p>Click the <gui style="button">Record a video using a webcam</gui>
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button in the middle of the bottom panel, or press the
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<key>Space</key> key, to start recording the video.</p>
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<p>To stop recording, press the same button again. You can also press the
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<key>Esc</key> or <key>Space</key> key to stop recording.</p>
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<p>Videos are saved in the Ogg Theora (<file>.ogv</file>) format.</p>
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<p>Videos are saved in the WebM (<file>.webm</file>) format.</p>
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<p>After you have stopped recording, the video will automatically appear in
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the photo stream at the bottom of the <app>Cheese</app> window. From there,
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you can <link xref="photo-view">play back the video</link>, upload it to a
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social network, post it on your blog or YouTube channel, or share it with
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friends by <link href="help:gnome-help/net-default-email">email</link>.</p>
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you can <link xref="photo-view">open</link> or delete the video.</p>
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<p>If you have problems sharing a video with people using other operating
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systems (like Windows or Mac OS), you may need to