On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Stan Brown wrote: > 1. How can I use it for vcr like recording? I see that I can start it from > cron, but how do I tell it to stop? (Oh, BTW how do I prevent the speakers > from sudenly playing the audio as the recording is done?). It takes a -n option to say how many frames to capture. I also had the issue with the sound playing - mp1e adjusts the "line" volume control but for my sound card that is not the right control for record level. I use "-r6,0" to mute that control, and set the record level separately. Here's the overall command I use: mp1e -s352x288 -a 2 -b 2500 -B 128 -p /dev/dspX -c /dev/videoX \ -S 32 -r 6,0 $* > 2. Is there a reasonable way to tune all the switches for the best quality > my machine will support? I need to be able to handle fast motion, and high > resolution is alos desirable. At the moment, I am prottyping on an Athalon > 759MHZ machine, btu a faster machine is coming. I use 352x288 at 2.5Mb/s generally. I use TV out for my video and that gives a good quality picture. At 720x576 you'll need 4-6Mb of video. At 352x288 I find mp1e using around 10% only of my Athlon 1.13GHz CPU. Steve
