Re: analog recording

[Mihai Amariutei <mihai@ambra.ro>]

Try Broadcast 2000 video capture/edit software for Linux.
You may need to change your hardware, thought, or be prepared to debug
drivers yourself.
Use a SB128 card and all should be fine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "MK" <amk@befree.ch>
To: <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:37 AM
Subject: analog recording


> I know this is not the list topic but maybe someone has got a solution,
> since several ppl here seem to have a dvb-s and a wintv.
>
> I am looking for a good method for recording analogic video,
> preferably not too space-hungry (I am thinking mostly of mjpeg and
mpeg1/2)
>
> I tried xawtv 3.17 capture (mjpeg), video is good to excellent but sound
awful
> (lots of clicks and interruptions). I am using the alsa drivers (for some
> obscure reason the current OSS driver refused to output pcm waves in my
> sblive card). Moreover there are synchronization problems.
>
> I spent some time trying to get bttvgrab 0.15.10 to run, but it fails with
a
> "/dev/video1 already in use" mostly. :-(
>
> kwintv also mostly runs but does not offer compression for video
recording.
>
> I tried ggitv, which was probably a nice idea: those libraries are real
fast,
> but the image colors appear shifted and there aren't any compressions
options.
>
> So what would currently be the best proggie for analog video recording?
> any undocumented options to improve xawtv audio quality in the recordings?
>
> MK