pk <pete...@coolmail.se> [10-11-02 00:24]: > On 2010-10-31 13:30, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > ...cat has no timing parameter (see mail)... > > Yes, but I put it in a sub shell (cat ... &) and then kill it (using a > very rough script that loops date). Basically what I do is: > > 1. set channel for a certain video adapter (I have two). > 2. Use a script that loops date (with a 5 second interval) and when it > hits the threshold starts a sub shell with 'cat /dev/video0 > > filmname.mpg' and saves the PID in a filename with the same name but > with a .pid ending instead. > 3. Use a script that loops date and when it hits the threshold reads the > PID of the cat process from the .pid file and kills it. > > Perhaps not the ideal way to solve a problem but it works for me without > having to mess with something that can sing & dance while (hopefully) > doing whatever I want it to do... and needing the kitchen sink for a > minimal install. > > MfG > > Peter K >
Hi Peter, yes, the "killing thing" was my first idea also. But since it is not that gentleman like, I asked here for another solution. In the meanwhile I found this: tzap -r -H -t <duration in seconds> -o - <channelname from ~/.tzap/channels.conf > "filename" records the stream into "filename". The redirection is necassary, since tzap gets problems when trying to write more than 2Gigs of streamed data. I start this via fcron. MfG mcc