On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 18:37, Michael O'Keefe wrote: > > My problems with lavrec from mjpegtools are > > - I cant see how to output raw data to a raw file device. > > (also, is this a sensible thing to do?) > > lavrec prolly can write to a raw device. But the AVI formats are limited to > 1.7GB per file becoz it doesn't support OpenDML. Therefore, since you are writing > to a raw device (ie. 1 file only) you may well run out of filesize very quickly Well, on normal filesystems, you'd use a printf-like string as output file (i.e. something like "lavrec [options] file-%02d.avi") to record to multiple files. On raw devices, this won't work, of course. ;). I don't see why you'd use a raw device, b.t.w., filesystems like XFS are more than capable of handling these huge datastreams, especially when used in conjunction with --file-flush=0 as option in lavrec (flush kernel HD buffer every frame). > I am told the quicktime format has no such file restrictions, but I have never > tried it. I have no idea what the movtar format is. Some private format. AVI is probably what most people use. > > - It mutes the sound on my TV card, while streamer doesnt. This is actually a bug, yes... Will (probably) be fixed in 1.6.1, I've got a fix pending for this. Ronald
