Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 00:48:10 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. > > Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works > perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. > > First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of > shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. > > All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or > something else. [ This is copied and pasted from a reply I made to a similar thread about a month ago ] If it's any help, I create DVDs from recordings made using Kaffeine with a DVB-T card. These are .m2t files. I run them through ProjectX to demultiplex into separate video and audio files and then use mplex with the -f 8 option re-multiplex and create a DVD compliant mpeg. (In reality I use a bash script to do both these steps automatically and the whole de/remux process is probably only necessary because of the DVB-T source and its apparently inherent audio/video sync problems). If editing is needed then Avidemux seems pretty good, saving the edited file with the mpeg-ps option. I use devede to create the fully DVD compliant .iso and save lots of time by selecting the advanced option "This file is already a DVD/xCD-suitable MPEG-PS file". The resultant DVDs play on normal domestic standalone players. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-02 00:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. > > Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works > perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. > > First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of > shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. > > All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or > something else. > > This sucks big time! A while ago this link appeared on this list: On 2008-06-08 00:12, Tzafrir Cohen wrote on this list: [] > > A certain grumpy editor might have some: > http://lwn.net/Articles/263387/ There are a total of three reviews for capturing [1], editing and authoring videos. HTH, Johannes [1] http://lwn.net/Articles/261820/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIbL0ZC1NzPRl9qEURAncKAJ42DewFdBAaBMT8tQ9+Ygs54sZ00ACeOt7T F4D+rMWf1hoMAipvJDDiHZU= =SyDc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:12 -0300 > > With mencode I used the following command (using PAL in my country): > > mencoder tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0: > freq=775.25:adevice=/dev/dsp1:forceaudio:audiorate=32000 buffersize=64 > -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame > -lameopts br=32:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -o "test.avi" > > I tried to change the options, but no matter what I did, the result was > poor. > > With transcode I used this command: > > transcode -x v4l2=resync_margin=1:resync_interval=250,v4l2 -g 640x480 > -i /dev/video0 -p /dev/dsp -e 32000,16,2 -N 0x1 -J > resample,levels,smartyuv,pv -w 4000 -y ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -o test.avi > > Which results in some larger files, but with excelent quality. > > Any advice on how to improve would be greatly appreciated, especially > about the file sizes that transcode produces. I have not used transcode in a long time, but it seems to me at first glance that the above command has a video bitrate of 4000 whereas the mencoder is 400. If the mencoder command is as you have typed it here such a low bitrate could be at least part of the trouble. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:12 -0300 Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 04:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > > Well, the quality pretty much depends on the parameters you're using > with mencoder. I would ask for the command you were trying, but I see > you already solved your problem using transcode, which renders my mail > useless ;). Maybe not useless :-) For other users experimenting with the same in the future. With mencode I used the following command (using PAL in my country): mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0: freq=775.25:adevice=/dev/dsp1:forceaudio:audiorate=32000 buffersize=64 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=400:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=32:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -o "test.avi" I tried to change the options, but no matter what I did, the result was poor. With transcode I used this command: transcode -x v4l2=resync_margin=1:resync_interval=250,v4l2 -g 640x480 -i /dev/video0 -p /dev/dsp -e 32000,16,2 -N 0x1 -J resample,levels,smartyuv,pv -w 4000 -y ffmpeg -F mpeg4 -o test.avi Which results in some larger files, but with excelent quality. Any advice on how to improve would be greatly appreciated, especially about the file sizes that transcode produces. > [...] > > > > -- > Gabriel Parrondo > GNU/Linux User #404138 > GnuPG Public Key ID: BED7BF43 > JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The only difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, > there's no difference between theory and practice." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 04:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality > is really bad. > > What are you using to capture video? Well, the quality pretty much depends on the parameters you're using with mencoder. I would ask for the command you were trying, but I see you already solved your problem using transcode, which renders my mail useless ;). [...] > -- Gabriel Parrondo GNU/Linux User #404138 GnuPG Public Key ID: BED7BF43 JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The only difference between theory and practice is that, in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:04:29 +0930 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Dale, and others. Dale I also tried using mencoder, but the result was very poor quality. After some testing I managed to get a very clean and good quality recording using transcode instead. > 2008/7/2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the > > quality is really bad. > > > > What are you using to capture video? > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always > >> been very happy with it. > >> > >> Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my > >> Sony M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video > >> card. > >> > >> Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it > >> works perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. > >> > >> First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated > >> piece of shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. > >> > >> All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or > >> something else. > >> > >> This sucks big time! > >> > >> Rico. > >> > >> PS.: Yeah I know, this is nothing but complaining, but air was > >> needed! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Hi Rico, > > attached is a bash script I wrote for capturing stuff from the svideo > input. it is set for PAL format as it the format for where I live, I > hope it some help for you. There is no gui enviroment needed to run > this script. > > The script is very ruff and ready atm and still need lots more work on > it to add extra function ability to it. > > Hope it some help to you > > Regards > Dale > -- > [WWW] http://southernvaleslug.org/ > [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level > of thinking we were at when we created them" > Albert Einstein > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
2008/7/2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality > is really bad. > > What are you using to capture video? > >> Hi. >> >> I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been >> very happy with it. >> >> Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my >> Sony M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. >> >> Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works >> perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. >> >> First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of >> shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. >> >> All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or >> something else. >> >> This sucks big time! >> >> Rico. >> >> PS.: Yeah I know, this is nothing but complaining, but air was needed! >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Rico, attached is a bash script I wrote for capturing stuff from the svideo input. it is set for PAL format as it the format for where I live, I hope it some help for you. There is no gui enviroment needed to run this script. The script is very ruff and ready atm and still need lots more work on it to add extra function ability to it. Hope it some help to you Regards Dale -- [WWW] http://southernvaleslug.org/ [IRC] #southern-vales.lug on irc.freenode.net "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them" Albert Einstein qcapture Description: Binary data
Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What are you using to capture video? Disclaimer: I know nothing about Pinnacle video cards (I have an Adaptec avc2010 pci card which works perfectly under linux). Surely if you want to capture the digital video stream produced by the card, you just work out the name of the raw output device which the card produces (/dev/avcap0 in my case, but it might be /dev/video or something else for you) and then run: cat /dev/yourDeviceHere > yourNewVideoFileHere For me, the line I use to capture video (with my adaptec avc2010) is: cat /dev/avcap0 > capture.mpg (but that's because my card produces a compressed mpeg2 stream, so I use the file extension .mpg). This way, I get _exactly_ what the card is producing (I edit mpeg2 stream on linux using projectX, but that's another story). HTH, Jaime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 12:48:10AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. > > Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works > perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. > > First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of > shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. > > All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or > something else. Have you tried VLC? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recording TV with Debian
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality is really bad. What are you using to capture video? > Hi. > > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my > Sony M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. > > Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works > perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. > > First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of > shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. > > All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or > something else. > > This sucks big time! > > Rico. > > PS.: Yeah I know, this is nothing but complaining, but air was needed! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recording TV with Debian
Hi. I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been very happy with it. Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works perfectly, but recording from the device.. damn.. First I tried mythtv, and I am sorry, but that is one bloated piece of shit. I am not setting up my own freaking TV station. All the other packages I tried, either didn't work, or crashed or something else. This sucks big time! Rico. PS.: Yeah I know, this is nothing but complaining, but air was needed! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
