*Simple* PVR, dammit!

2003-03-24 Thread Marcus Metzler
Dag Bakke writes: > > It has often been stated that great utilities should do exactly one thing, > and do that very well. Do you know any great utilities for recording from > a V4L(2) device? Please do not hesitate to tell me if it already exists. > > (If you are tired of non-programmers w

old archives

2003-03-23 Thread Marcus Metzler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > is there any pre aug 2000 video4linux archive available? > Here is a 1999 version of bttv: http://www.metzlerbros.de/mbros/bttv.html Marcus -- /\ | Dr. Marcus O.C. Metzler|

PCMCIA Video Capture card

2003-03-16 Thread Marcus Metzler
Mike Schumi writes: > Hi, > > I've been looking all around for a video capture (frame grabber) PCMCIA card for a > project I'm doing, but can't seem to find any? > I know there the option of using a USB pcmcia or some other method. But first I'd > like to exaust the idea of a PCMCIA cap

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Marcus Metzler
PlasmaJohn writes: > On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Marcus Metzler wrote: > > > There is also a driver for the em8400 chip, but it's not publicly > > available. > > Will it be? I hear good things about the X-Card, particularly compared to the > dxr3. > >

Re: MPEG encoder API notes (Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release)

2003-02-08 Thread Marcus Metzler
Gert Vervoort writes: > PlasmaJohn wrote: > This also a valid value. (althoug not support by SAA6752, which is fixed > to 48kHz). > > >Trick Modes? (ff, rew) > > > Trick modes are a decoder issue. Does iTVC15 also have a MPEG decoder? > > This raises a different topic, as my list was e

Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release

2003-02-07 Thread Marcus Metzler
Gert Vervoort writes: > I considered adding a V4L2 MPEG encoder extension, but I did not find > the time to do it. And making a good generic API for MPEG encoders is > quite difficult, although most encoder have a lot of settings in common > (features which can be found in MPEG standard), th

Re: ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release

2003-02-07 Thread Marcus Metzler
Gert Vervoort writes: > > > > > >As far as framework goes, we're aware of DVB and I looked very briefly at it > >but none of us have any implementation experience with either ( volunteers > >welcome! ;) that or V4L2. I did notice that V4L2 will need some work to deal > >with an MPEG compress

ANNOUNCE: ivtv alpha release

2003-02-07 Thread Marcus Metzler
PlasmaJohn writes: > I would like to announce that the ivtv project has been created to house the > development of the OpenSource (GPL) Linux driver for Conexant CX23415 / > iCompression iTVC15 based hardware MPEG compression boards such as the > Hauppauge PVR-350 and older revs of the PVR-250

USB vs. PCMCIA

2003-01-23 Thread Marcus Metzler
David Topper writes: > My hunch is that PCMCIA would be better, particularly for USB 1.0 based > laptops. But I'm curious to hear: > > a) if people have any preferences > b) if there are even and PCMCIA video capture cards supported by V4L. > I didn't see any on the "gallery" page. >

GTK based video capture / sample code?

2003-01-22 Thread Marcus Metzler
David J. Topper writes: > Hi folks, > > Finally got my Osprey 100 working. Seems happier with an S-Video > connection than regular composite. Go figure. > > In any case, now I'm trying to figure out this API. The stuff in > /usr/src/linux/Documentation does give the basics, but it wou

Fw: Hauppage WinTV PVR-250/350

2003-01-08 Thread Marcus Metzler
Michael Hieb writes: > Obviously I have been a dunce and bought the wrong card. What card do > people have working. All I want to do is plug in a Sony DVR (via > s-video) or the playback from a VCR, and capture the playback into an > MPEG file. I don't mind buying another if I can be reasonable

ATI Video Card ?

2002-11-24 Thread Marcus Metzler
Phil Lambert writes: > I just purchased a Radeon 7500 All-In-Wonder Card, but haven't opened it > yet. I am afraid that it may not work with UT03, does anyone out there > no for a fact if the card will work? If not I will exchange it for the > 8500 AIW, if it will though that is great as I ca

Re: saa7134 and tvtime

2002-11-13 Thread Marcus Metzler
Robert Reid writes: > ok, new mplayer, > mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l > > doesn't work, I get the following as part of the output > Playing TV > Detected TV! ;-) > Selected driver: v4l > name: Video 4 Linux input > author: Alex Beregszaszi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > comment: under development

Re: saa7134 and tvtime

2002-11-13 Thread Marcus Metzler
Robert Reid writes: > Yeah, tvtime works ok on my fv3k > The deinterlacing is still a bit tricky, but not knowing enough about > the algorithms and never having using dscaler I'm not sure whether it is > good or bad. It certainly didn't look as good as watching DVDs in > mplayer with the -

Re: Announcing tvtime!

2002-11-05 Thread Marcus Metzler
Billy Biggs writes: > John Coppens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:43:31 -0500 (EST) > > Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Get the updates sis driver modules and you'll get Xv > > > > Did an update to 4.2.1, which, I suppose is what you referred to, and found

[V4L] Capture program that records and displays?

2002-10-16 Thread Marcus Metzler
Hi, I am looking for a capture program that can record mpg4 or mpg1/2 and at the same time display via Xvideo from a v4l source (no v4l2). The whole thing should work with a 1200MHz CPU. The recording quality should be at least VHS level. I tried ffmpeg (all supported codecs) for recording and dec