Daniel Dickinson wrote: > Package: compiz > Version: 0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1 > Severity: normal > > > Having compiz active results in blank video using ffmpeg (both lenny and > experimental) for a/v recording. Not starting compiz as the window manager > (but the package is still on the system) and sticking with metacity restores > the desired functionality (recording tv) to ffmpeg. > > The ffmpeg command-line I use (for the experimental ffmpeg, lenny uses > audio_device instead of oss) is: > > /usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -tvstd ntsc -t "$TOTALSECONDS" -s 480x352 -re -deinterlace > -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 -f oss -i /dev/dsp -ac 2 -s 640x480 -f mpeg > -vcodec mpeg1video -acodec mp2 "$BASEFILENAME.mpeg" > > with totalseconds and basefilename filled in, of course >
I have no idea what the above line exactly does. Is it just recording what's coming from a digital camera plugged on /dev/video0 ? Or is there anything recorded that comes from a window on the screen ? Compiz changes the way things a displayed (applications render offscreen and Compiz composite them back to screen). Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
