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On Saturday 24 May 2003 14:25, Jason Miller wrote:
> Installing the ati.2 drivers and drm-kernel module is pretty easy.
> I've never done the km part, but anyhow... all that you do is extract
> the ati.2 drivers into /usr/X11R6 and then you need to compile the
> drm-kernel stuff and then copy the appropriate module(s) into your
> modules dir (/lib/modules/your.kernel.version).
I made it to this point OK.
> I'm sure the capture stuff is similarly pretty easy...
Actually, this is the point where I get lost. The README file refers to
needing two networked computers (not available for this project) or
"hat can you do if you have one computer ? Get AVview and CVS
version of ffmpeg off Sourceforge and capture snapshots and streams
with AVview. You can view them later with xine, for example."
I have *NO* idea what he's talking about at this point. This is as explanatory
as the README file for km gets
> On that note... isn't there some better way to interface the computer
> with the laserdisc player in order to directly copy the digital data...
> seems like converting the data to analog, then back to digital seems
> like a process that would involve some loss in quality.
Laserdiscs aren't digital - they're analog. I have about 600 of them to
convert (not to mention about 700 videotapes that would be nice to have on a
more permanent medium as well).
I could do the capture fairly easily in Windows, but I'd rather not have to
boot back and forth for a project that's going to literally take me *YEARS*
to finish. I'm buying new DVDs when released if they have at least the
features of the Laserdisc. Unfortunately, Warner and Disney have a tendency
to release DVDs "Full Screen" instead of letterboxed when the laser was
Letterbox.
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