mp1e 1.8.0-pre3 does a pretty good job when I use it with my bttv card and the v4l2 driver. It records IBP mpeg streams with audio in real time. 30fps 352x240 2.5mbit video with a stereo 160kbit soundtrack uses about 30% CPU time on my Celeron 366@550 w/ pc100 memory. Audio synchronization seems accurate. I've been able to make decent double-bitrate VCD's from the files it produces. I've never made fame work. It crashes my box very quickly. The mjpeg modes in broadcast 2000 and xawtv never worked right for me. On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 01:20:00PM -0400, Mike Redan wrote: > hi all. > > I'm looking for a good real-time mpeg encoder for recording TV shows and > what not. So far it seems like the best one is in broadcast 2000, but I > am having trouble keeping the audio and video in sync. (it keeps > dropping video frames, so the audio falls behind). I tried grabbing the > code from mjpeg.sourceforge.net, but it's not up on the ftp server. > Also they say it only grabs at around 6 frames/sec on a 366..I have a > dual 400, but I'm looking for something a bit quicker.. > FAME sounded good, but doesn't do sound as of yet, and video quality was > a little low. > > anyone know of anything different/better? > > My goal is to make a TiVo-like device, to record shows, and have the > ability to pause/rewind a live show... > In case anyone is interested I think I'll be using xmltv and gtv for > grabbing/displaying the listings. > > thanks, > Mike > > PS it doesn't have to be mpeg..mjpeg avi's are just as good, anything > with fairly good compression, and can keep video/audio synced. (v4l2 is > supposed to do a better job with that, right?) -- Brian Ristuccia brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx bristucc@xxxxxxxxxx
