What sound /capture card do you have? --Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Canek Peláez Valdés" <canek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: XawTV - streamer > Hi, a few days ago, a little discussion came up about using XawTV's package > streamer for recording medium/long movies. > > I use xawtv for watching TV since I brought my TV card, and it was my first > try for record--no good enough. Synchronization was terrible, and it looses > too many frames. > > I search for more reasoable options, and ended with the kernel-2.4/bttv2/mp1e > option, which works. Some. Almost. > > The thing is, mp1e system streams are encoded in real time, reason why the > result requires to have a high bitrate for keep good quality, and then the > conversion to another bitrate is time-consuming, and the final quality is not > as good as I want. The reencoding is because my last goal is to produce home > VCDs. > > So, when I saw the mention of streamer I think "but that thing sucks for > record!". > > But I recently decided to give it a try, and I get a very cool surprise. I > use kernel-2.4/bttv2/streamer, and the command line is: > > streamer -s 352x240 -am -r 15 -t 20000 -f avi15 -o movie.avi > > I have no frame loss, the video/audio is perfectly synchronized, the CPU > isn't on his knees, and the files are HUGE (which is not so mouch trouble; > I'm going to buy one of those 80-Gig HDs). BTW, I can use 24 frames/sec and > avi24 as format, but then the video is 2x faster than the audio. > > I need now advice in avi-editing tools (command line is better, but of > course), and avi->mpeg[12] conversion tools. I got almost any software > related to V4L (qdvt, lavtools, mjpegtools, etc.), so I really only need > "histories of succes/failure" with the tools. > > Thanks in advance. > > Canek > -- > Anything is possible, unless it's not. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >
