to get the video display off the display after the app would crash, required that i rebooted. even just a xfree restart would still display the video feed again! (btw, kill didn't work on it...lol)
also, avifile gave errors on startup of the avifile capture program stating that it couldn't and if i tried, it would crash my system.
lovely, but looks promising...ll.
On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 18:59, nate wrote:
> Roger said: > > > > (i've sent a copy of this to gerd already) > > > > ok. i've been doing video capture with xawtv for the past week. > > I'm still getting 'choppy/jerky' recording! yuk! > > > My system specs: > > Mandrake 8.1 > > 2x750 P3 > > 256MB > > Nvidia 32MB Geforce DDR w/ nvidia's drivers > > PCTV > > xawtv-*3.64-1mdk > > kernel-smp-2.4.13-4mdk (cooker kernel of 2.4.13smp - rebuilt on > > this i686 arch for speed) > > > maybe xawtv isn't so hot at video capture. i personally > use the qt-based capture program from > avifile(http://avifile.sourceforge.net) and encode my videoto DiVx 4.0. im most intersted in maximal disk savings. i > encode at 320x240 with 8bit mono sound 11khz, average about > 90kB/second for the stream(sound+video). or ~300-350MB per > hour of video. > > running: > AMD Athlon 1300mhz > debian 3.0(woody) > 768MB pc 133 > nvidia geforce2 MX 64MB w/nvidia's drivers > xfree86 4.1.0 > hauppauge wintv PCI > linux 2.2.19 with the ide patch > > as you can imagine, a 90kB/s stream of video is nothing > for the disk so the light is almost never on .. quality > is quite good. it can be a pain to try to sync the audio/video > on playback(divx players have this option or at least they > should). but for me its a small price to pay to cut the video > down to that size. avifile supports a bunch of other encoding > formats not just divx 4, so if you try it you could try > various formats. cpu hovers 15-30% oh i also capture in > 24fps, rarely drops a frame but i have to be very > careful with the system, i shut down as much stuff as i can > to reduce cpu usage(and cpu spikes), i don't move the mouse > cursor while recording, and it drops maybe 10 frames > per 30minutes of video(~43,200 frames ?) > i also disable opengl while recording it seems to help > keep framerates up. running afterstep. i would imagine gnome > or kde if your using those has tons of little things going > that could cause a cpu to spike for a millisecond causing > a dropped frame. i even shut off my wharf which has stuff > like clock, cpu/memory meters etc. because i can't touch > my system during encoding(i keep the mouse cursor over > the "stop" button to stop recording so i can just click instead > of move it) i keep my laptop next to my system so i can > use it to do normal things. > > > nate > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
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