Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4600 mails)

[Rich Gregor <rgregor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've used both Linux Media Labs LML33 (pricy but nice) and Pinnacle 
DC10+ (out of production but available on, say, ebay) card for capture
to either avi or qt files with lavrec. Encoding to mpeg is the tricky
part, and I've never been able to get that quite right, at least with
Linux. Lots of help, examples, in the man pages, and at www.dvdrhelp.com
(even somewhat Linux friendly). Also check the list archives for subject
"Video Capture", and the mjpeg-user list from sourceforge.

Rich

(glad to finally return the favor .....)


Lenz Grimmer wrote:
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> Hi,
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> First of all, Happy New Year to all of you!
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> I think this is the first time that I post a question instead of answering
> one in this list :)
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> I would like to be able to archive some of my old video tapes by
> converting them to MPEG and burning them on CD-ROM. I assume I need some
> kind of MPEG Encoder card for this, preferably with a TV Tuner as well as
> a normal video input port.
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> What kind of hardware (Manufacturer/Model) would you recommend for this?
> What are your experiences? Any useful URLs? I've seen the VDR pages, but
> this looks like you need a Satellite Dish, if you want to record normal
> broadcast TV. I only have cable, but it would be neat if there is a way to
> record cable TV as well. But the main focus is on recording from a video
> source.
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> Thanks in advance for your help,
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>         LenZ