OS details:

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Input #0, video4linux2,v4l2, from '/dev/video0':
Duration: N/A, start: 13555.753906, bitrate: 147456 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (YUY2 / 0x32595559), yuyv422, 640x480, 147456 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> mjpeg (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help [swscaler @ 0x55fd0eafa3e0] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly Output #0, image2, to 'test1.jpeg':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf57.83.100
Stream #0:0: Video: mjpeg, yuvj422p(pc), 640x480, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
Metadata:
encoder : Lavc57.107.100 mjpeg
Side data:
cpb: bitrate max/min/avg: 0/0/200000 buffer size: 0 vbv_delay: -1
frame= 1 fps=0.0 q=1.6 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:00.03 bitrate=N/A speed=8.41x
video:3kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown

Command I used :

ffmpeg -i /dev/video0 -vframes 1 test1.jpeg

It produces black jpeg image as output. Why? Please suggest ffmpeg command to get webcam image.

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