> No, this is a mjpegtools problem. It simply can't read files larger than > 2 GB, it doesn't support the extension yet. I'm planning on integrating > this after the 1.6.0 release (I've read the doco/xawtv code, so I know > how to do it, but I don't want to do it right before a stable > release...). I can understand that, but a question: do you know when you might actually get around to putting this in? This just seems like kind of a big thing, seeing as one of the major uses for bttv devices is (IME) the recording of television shows, and this 2GB limit puts a serious damper on this. > lavrec (part of mjpegtools) can capture video just like streamer, but > will record to multiple < 2 GB files rather than to one big file: > > lavrec --software-encoding --geometry=352x288 --input=[nps] > file-%02d.avi I tried out lavrec, and it seems to have a tendency to cause my system to hang. If I run it at root (so that it can set negative priorities on its threads), it eventually causes my system to lock up (this is while I am using X on the same system, and I haven't tested if this happens when I'm not using X). I tried running it as a non-root user, and it seemed to work fine, although I did have to increase the buffer size. However, after running it, I tried to go into X (I had just rebooted, and lavrec was the only thing running), and I got a kernel panic. I can only assume that lavrec was the culprit, as it is the only "new" thing I was running at the time, and it did cause my system to hang on 5 occasions while running as root. On top of this, the files that I recorded with lavrec generate a lot of warnings and errors when I run them through mencoder (which I've been using to do divx4 encoding of the avis). So, I'm kind of back to square 1. I can use lavrec, but it seriously destabilizes my system, and outputs problematic files (apparently). Or, I can use streamer, which is limited to 2GB recordings. Any other options out there? - Scott
