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Note that vlc uses alsactl to find sound devices, so oss devices may not work. |
Note that vlc uses alsactl to find sound devices, so oss devices may not work. |
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==DVB TV with VLC== |
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VLC reads a channels.conf file. When your DVB device is working and you have made a channels.conf file, just use the Open File command to point to your /home/user/channels.conf. |
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To start TV everytime you start VLC, open up Preferences > All > Playlist and enter /home/user/channels.conf in the '''default stream'''. |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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Revision as of 02:52, 30 May 2010
VLC media player (originally VideoLAN Client, and often referred too simply as VLC) is the best known software from the VideoLAN project. VLC supports DVB and some analog devices in Linux.
Example with an Analog capture device
To record to x264 with VLC, use something like this:
vlc v4l:/dev/video0:norm=ntsc:frequency=77250:size=640x480:channel=5:\
adev=/dev/dsp1:samplerate=32000:audio=0:stop-time=60 \
--sout "#transcode{vcodec=h264,fps=29.97,acodec=mp3}\
:std{access=file,mux=ts,dst=output.mpg}" aspect-ratio "4:3" -I dummy
Note that vlc uses alsactl to find sound devices, so oss devices may not work.
DVB TV with VLC
VLC reads a channels.conf file. When your DVB device is working and you have made a channels.conf file, just use the Open File command to point to your /home/user/channels.conf. To start TV everytime you start VLC, open up Preferences > All > Playlist and enter /home/user/channels.conf in the default stream.