Eeeeek!!!! 1 minute of capture created a 25mb file! LOL
Next question has to be how to recode this to another format that is 
substancially smaller :))

On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 3:46 pm, magnet wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 12:55 pm, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:02:08 -0500
> >
> > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:24 pm, Jerry Barton wrote:
> > > > OK here's the sample command i use for my system  (your dev entry may
> > > > be different, video/audio formats can be changed, etc)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  streamer -o capture.avi -f mjpeg -O capture.wav -F mono8 -C
> > > > /dev/sound/dsp -t 5:00 -c /dev/v4l/video0 -r 29.97
> > > >
> > > > this will capture 5 minutes from the last channel xawtv was tuned to
> > > >
> > > > HTH
> > > > Jerry.
>
> Well done Jerry, I typed in exactly what you stated and it started to
> capture the TV program to the harddrive. Playback was a bit weird coloured
> in places, but that is an MPlayer problem here, as I tested video on the
> windblows laptop and it was fine to view/listen to.
> Anyone want to tell how to get around the "limitation" of only being able
> to recording the station xawtv was last tuned in to?
> Still looking to utilise this machine as a "2nd VCR" here as my tv is
> determined to broadcast 2 of my fav programs on diff channels at the same
> time when I'm at work ;-)

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