How am I meant to know what to put with the --device option?

[ghost]

I want to change the camera lolcommits uses when it takes a shot, and am aware of the --device="DEVICE" option, but I'm not sure how to get a list of values I can pass?

[matthutchinson]

Unfortunately we don't have (as yet) a --list-devices option in lolcommits. However lolcommits uses a couple of binary commands (vendored internally) to perform the capturing. They differ depending on what machine you are using (linux/osx/windows). Some of these commands DO have a list devices option. Here's the list;

• OSX - VideoSnap (created by me) - e.g. download and run ./videosnap -l
• Linux - mplayer - lolcommits uses the device= argument, so something like /dev/video0 or /dev/video1 would work
• Windows/Cygwin - CommandCam - unfortunately lolcommits doesn't yet support choosing a camera device with CommandCam. It's totally possible, but just hasn't been implemented yet.

[matthutchinson]

I'll tag this issue as a feature and leave it open.

FEATURE: Add a new command line arg for lolcommits (e.g. --list-devices) that allows you to list all capture devices (depending on the architecture you are on).

[ghost]

Thanks Matt.