Le jeudi 01 janvier 2004, 06:19:39 ou environ Rich Gregor
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,
First of all, Happy New Year to all of you!
I think this is the first time that I post a question instead of answering one in this list :)
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.
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.
Thanks in advance for your help,
LenZ
Thus a single Video Capture Card like Rich use (Mine is a Pinnacle PCTV-Rave with chipset Bt878). To encode and compress Video signals I use MPlayer (don't use the SuSE package, it is crippled). Mplayer tarballs (quick installation on SuSE-8.2) with the codecs are available at http://www.mplayerhq.hu . Codecs to be installed in /usr/local/lib/codecs. When all is installed, just try (I check first if TV signal is read with KwinTV): ## Capture signal TV mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1500:vhq -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128 tv:// -o test.avi -endpos 00:01:30 mencoder is part of mplayer installation (encoding part). Check all parameters with 'man mplayer'. Then read with 'mplayer test.avi'. You even don't need to be in X11 with SuSE-8.2. Little trick: don't forget to set iGain ON with Kmix and the little red button on the 'Line' vector must be on during capture. Good Luck and Happy New Year. -- Alain Barthélemy cassandre@bartydeux.be http://www.bartydeux.be Linux User #315631