Replying to my original thread, > > > fwiw, I was capturing/encoding to mpeg4 with ffmpeg and a bktr. in > > > realtime, 3 years ago, on a not so fast machine, with OpenBSD. couldn't > > > quite do full DVD quality in realtime though. wouldn't surprise me at > > > all if it can be done with a decent machine today. > > > > This is an Atom 1.6 GHz with 1GB RAM; and I'm looking at the (cheapo) > > Leadtek WinFast VC100 XP (as an altermative to the VCD -> DV camera > > route mentioned earlier); bktr(4) does not specifically mention this > > card, but it has the Conexant Fusion 878A chip; did anyone use it > > successfully? > > pretty much any bt8x8/fusion878 card should work for composite input. > what might not work on such cards is the tuner, but you don't need the > tuner for capturing from the inputs.
finally I got me the needed hardware: a VCR (it's a SONY SLV-E710EE), and a capture card that is identified by the kernel as bktr0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "Brooktree BT878" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 19 (irq 5) bktr0: Warning - card vendor 0x0000 (model 0x0000) unknown. bktr0: Detected a dpl3...@-@0 at 0x84 bktr0: Intel Smart Video III/VideoLogic Captivator PCI, <no> tuner, dpl3518a dolby. "Brooktree BT878 Audio" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 8 function 1 not configured and has four RCA inputs labeled video1 to video4. Apparently, I need a cable now to connect the VCR and the card. The VCR has two output interfaces: a SCART, and a separate audio output (2xRCA). I connected the 2xRCA audio output with the line-in input (jack) on my audio card, and it works fine. So that's how I will capture audio. Now, video, the main thing: I see "composite input" being mentioned in this thread. Does that mean I need something like this http://www.alza.cz/redukce-scart-3x-cinch-d44986.htm and just connect the (yellow) video output to one of the (four) RCA inputs on the card with an RCA<->RCA cable? Or is is also possible (or even desirable) to use a cable like this http://alza.cz/propojovaci-kabel-yuv-hama-scart-3-rca-new-age-1-5-m-d79486.htm and connect the three RCAs (R,G,B) to three of the four RCA inputs of the card? man bktr says both rgb* and yuv are supported, but I am not sure about how that translates into which cable to use. (Excuse my video lameness again please.) Thanks for your time Jan (This is a dmesg of the latest snapshot. Should have waited one more hour :-) OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC) #304: Fri Oct 16 16:25:36 MDT 2009 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 1.84 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE real mem = 804810752 (767MB) avail mem = 771362816 (735MB) User Kernel Config UKC> disable apm 353 apm0 disabled UKC> enable acpi 469 acpi0 already enabled UKC> quit Continuing... mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 05/16/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdad0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0630 (22 entries) bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "Version 07.00T" date 04/02/01 bios0: MSI MS-6712 apm at bios0 function 0x15 not configured acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC acpi0: wakeup devices USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) EHCI(S3) UAR1(S4) AC9_(S4) MC9_(S4) ILAN(S4) PCI0(S4) SLPB(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 334MHz ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 3, 24 pins acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpicpu0 at acpi0 acpipwrres0 at acpi0: URP1 acpipwrres1 at acpi0: URP2 acpipwrres2 at acpi0: FDDP acpipwrres3 at acpi0: LPTP acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xec00 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8377 PCI" rev 0x80 viaagp0 at pchb0: v3 agp0 at viaagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT8377 AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 AGP" rev 0xa4 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) emu0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live" rev 0x08: apic 2 int 17 (irq 10) ac97: codec id 0x54524123 (TriTech Microelectronics TR28602) audio0 at emu0 "Creative Labs PCI Gameport Joystick" rev 0x08 at pci0 dev 6 function 1 not configured bktr0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "Brooktree BT878" rev 0x02: apic 2 int 19 (irq 5) bktr0: Warning - card vendor 0x0000 (model 0x0000) unknown. bktr0: Detected a dpl3...@-@0 at 0x84 bktr0: Intel Smart Video III/VideoLogic Captivator PCI, <no> tuner, dpl3518a dolby. "Brooktree BT878 Audio" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 8 function 1 not configured uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x80: apic 2 int 21 (irq 11) uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x80: apic 2 int 21 (irq 10) uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x80: apic 2 int 21 (irq 5) ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 3 "VIA VT6202 USB" rev 0x82: apic 2 int 21 (irq 5) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "VIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 viapm0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "VIA VT8235 ISA" rev 0x00 iic0 at viapm0 iic0: addr 0x1b 06=f0 0b=fc 0c=08 0d=08 0e=f0 0f=07 10=0c 11=03 12=05 14=55 15=55 17=ff 18=ff 1c=02 1e=2a 20=ff 22=07 26=30 29=ff words 00=00ff 01=00ff 02=00ff 03=00ff 04=00ff 05=00ff 06=f0ff 07=00ff iic0: addr 0x2f 04=00 06=03 07=00 0c=00 0d=07 0e=84 0f=00 10=c0 11=11 12=00 13=60 14=14 15=62 16=01 17=06 words 00=ffff 01=ffff 02=ffff 03=ffff 04=00ff 05=ffff 06=03ff 07=00ff spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL3.0 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 256MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC2700CL2.5 pciide0 at pci0 dev 17 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA133, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST320011A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 19092MB, 39102336 sectors atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITE-ON, DVDRW SOHW-1693S, KS06> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <Maxtor 6L300R0> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 286188MB, 586114704 sectors wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <MAXTOR STM3200820A> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 190782MB, 390721968 sectors wd1(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5 "VIA VT8233 AC97" rev 0x50: apic 2 int 22 (irq 5) ac97: codec id 0x414c4720 (Avance Logic ALC650) ac97: codec features 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, Realtek 3D audio1 at auvia0 vr0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "VIA RhineII-2" rev 0x74: apic 2 int 23 (irq 11), address 00:0c:76:55:85:56 ukphy0 at vr0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 8: OUI 0x004063, model 0x0032 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at mainbus0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 wbsio0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: W83697HF rev 0x12 lm1 at wbsio0 port 0x290/8: W83697HF npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Chicony USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.02 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 1 "Chicony USB Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.02 addr 2 uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 3 report ids uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=1, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=1, output=0, feature=2 uhid2 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=3, output=0, feature=0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
