Here is what I found:-
To get a well behaved recording I did this:-
raspivid -o video1.h264 -t 10000 -hf -fps 30
and a well behaved 10 second video clip was gained in the /home/pi/ directory
But MP4 is a more conventional recording format.
On Windows MP4Box is used aok to do the conversion ! But on Linux this is needed first:-
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gpac
then this does the conversion
MP4Box -fps 30 -add video1.h264 video1.mp4
And lo it appears next to the clip !
For newbies 'ls' will list all the files in the directory.
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Sort of related, such a camera needs explaining and here is a clue:
the link is:-
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2013/0 ... ra-module/
you can tell its the right one cos it starts :-
Now only can the Raspberry Pi camera capture photos but it can also capture full HD video
You should get a detailed article at 16pt makes 5 pages
(updated)
Tim