i have just downloaded and installed

vcr-1.10-1, 
avifile-0.7.39-1, 
avifile-devel-0.7.39-1, 
avifile-utils-0.7.39-1, 
divx4linux-20030428-1
avifile-codecs-20020516-1

i have been using xawtv for a while with no problems.

using the .vcrrc file that comes with the package, i.e.

[defaults]
quality = 95
keyframes = 15
codec = DivX ;-) low-motion
attributes = BitRate=1600
source = Television
norm = ntsc
verbose = 1
freqtab = us-bcast
audiofrequency=44
audiobitrate=64
resolution=384
framerate = 29.97
grabdevice=/dev/video0

channel settings thereafter

i get the following for vcr -c list

-------------------------------------------------------------
VCR 1.10, (C) 2001 Bram Avontuur ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-------------------------------------------------------------
Available codecs: 

<init> : Avifile CVS-0.7.39-030816-14:56-gcc version 3.3.1 20030811 (Red Hat Lin
ux 3.3.1-1)
<init> : Available CPU flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr p
ge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
<init> : 1998.35 MHz AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ processor detected
<LDT keeper> : Installed fs segment: 0xbf55e000
<codec keeper> : Found 12 plugins (/usr/lib/avifile-0.7,A:41,V:87)
"Uncompressed RGB"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"Uncompressed YUY2"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"Uncompressed YV12"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"Uncompressed I420"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"Uncompressed UYVY"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"DivX5.0"
 These attributes are supported for this codec:
 Attribute              "bitrate":  Type: integer (default value: 800000)
 Attribute              "quality":  Type: integer (default value: 3)
 Attribute            "rc_period":  Type: integer (default value: 2000)
 Attribute   "rc_reaction_period":  Type: integer (default value: 10)
 Attribute    "rc_reaction_ratio":  Type: integer (default value: 20)
 Attribute     "max_key_interval":  Type: integer (default value: 100)
 Attribute        "min_quantizer":  Type: integer (default value: 1)
 Attribute        "max_quantizer":  Type: integer (default value: 16)
"FFMPEG DivX5"
 These attributes are supported for this codec:
 Attribute              "bitrate":  Type: integer (default value: 800000)
 Attribute              "quality":  Type: integer (default value: 3)
 Attribute            "rc_period":  Type: integer (default value: 2000)
 Attribute   "rc_reaction_period":  Type: integer (default value: 10)
 Attribute    "rc_reaction_ratio":  Type: integer (default value: 20)
 Attribute     "max_key_interval":  Type: integer (default value: 100)
 Attribute        "min_quantizer":  Type: integer (default value: 1)
 Attribute        "max_quantizer":  Type: integer (default value: 16)
"FFMPEG Huffyuv"
 There are no attributes for this codec.
"OS Motion JPEG"
 These attributes are supported for this codec:
 Attribute               "h_samp":  Type: integer (default value: none)
 Attribute               "v_samp":  Type: integer (default value: none)
 Attribute            "quant_tbl":  Type: integer (default value: none)
 Attribute            "smoothing":  Type: integer (default value: none)
 Attribute                  "dct": Segmentation fault

running

vcr -p "CH56 56" -t 1m test.avi

yields 

-------------------------------------------------------------
VCR 1.10, (C) 2001 Bram Avontuur ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-------------------------------------------------------------
<init> : Avifile CVS-0.7.39-030816-14:56-gcc version 3.3.1 20030811 (Red Hat Linux 
3.3.1-1)
<init> : Available CPU flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca 
cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
<init> : 1998.35 MHz AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ processor detected
<LDT keeper> : Installed fs segment: 0xbed43000
<codec keeper> : Found 12 plugins (/usr/lib/avifile-0.7,A:41,V:87)
[NOTICE]  Setting mp3 bitrate to 8000
[NOTICE]  Found codec ID: 861292868
Invalid attribute[s] set for this codec!
1
There are no attributes for this codec.

noticing that the attributes were not found i changed .vcrrc as
follows

[defaults]
quality = 95
keyframes = 15
codec = DivX ;-) low-motion
# attributes = BitRate=1600
source = Television
norm = ntsc
verbose = 1
freqtab = us-bcast
audiofrequency=44
audiobitrate=64
resolution=384
framerate = 29.97
grabdevice=/dev/video0

and it works great.  but the default bitrate is extremely high.
recording a minute of tv takes nearly 1MB.  how can i change the
bitrate to fit a two hour show onto a regular cd???  

also i use via 8233 sound card with alsa and it plays and records at
48000Mhz.  what do i need to do to make sure that playback and
recording work harmoniously with 48000Mhz.  or in other words, I'm
under the impression the vcr's and avifiles or mplayer's default is
44100Mhz, will this inconsistency cause problems?  

thanks.  


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