> [root@chomp /root]# xawtv > This is xawtv-3.24, running on Linux/i686 (2.2.16-22) > visual: id=0x20 class=4 (TrueColor), depth=16 > Xlib: extension "XVideo" missing on display "chomp:0.0". > The app-defaults file is not correctly installed. > Your fault (core dumped) What happens with no xawtv file? Side Note: XVideo is not required. It is present in newer XFree86's I think. > But what really appeals in terms of functionality is bttvgrab. I'm > running version 0.15.10 and from the man page I'd like to run The -t never works for me either. > is promising, I get what looks like an out-of-sync black and white > picture, probably aliased, but defintely related to the video source. > However, the frame counter suggests that I'm dropping half the frames > (true even if I record to file or record in a simple, small format). Keep in mind that you first have to setup your card before you can capture. This means setting the norm and tuning in a channel. I use Xawtv for this. That is most likely the cause of this problem. BTW: From personal expreience I find that streamer (part of the xawtv package) works better than bttvgrab. Unfortunately, I can not get either program to keey audio sync. --Thomas Hargrove
