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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 on Linux.
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.



==External Links==
==External Links==
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player homepage]
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC media player homepage]
** [http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC VLC media player wiki]
** [http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC VLC media player wiki]
** [http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/How_to_Create_a_DVD VLC's How to Create a DVD]
** [http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/Codec Codec names]
** [http://www.videolan.org/streaming/features.html Permitted combinations]
* [http://distributions.linux.com/howtos/VideoLAN-HOWTO/x988.shtml Some common VLC parameters explained]


[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Software]]

Revision as of 00:14, 5 November 2008

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.


External Links