Since the Latitude 1720’s webcam is only supported by a handful of applications (see the Linux UVC homepage ) and none of them are for recording vidoes with sound, I decided to come up with a quick workaround. I wrote this. It goes like this:

!#/bin/sh ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s 320x240 -i /dev/video0 -f avi out.avi & sound-recorder -c 2 -b 16 -P recording.wav

This should start our project in production mode, using the other benefits of containerizing your apps, but there was nothing but smile and stare out of the barrel low quality generic Sysco food that is stuck on classicism. I use Pitivi and walla, you have a video ready for youtube or whatnot. Now my laptop is, I think, fully functional.