TV Capture GUI program or mencoder/transcode scripts?

furfurdemon666 · 05-02-2005, 03:56 PM

I'd like to capture TV to an .avi file using my Hauppauge PCI WinTV Go! card but am wondering how to easily do this with minimal effort?

Is there a Front-end GUI program for mencoder and/or transcode or scripts for either that are known to work?

I tried a GUI called gv4l but it required xawtv settings and my xawtv install doesn't have sound and I don't want to try and troubleshoot yet another issue at this point. If you know of any good GUI programs OR scripts for mencoder and/or transcode that are proven to capture TV to .avi please post. I watch TV via tvtime with NTSC setting but I haven't found any good means of capture yet.

acid_kewpie · 05-04-2005, 04:18 AM

if you want simple, use a command line, it's SO SO much easier and quicker...

mencoder tv://1 -tv options_here -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lavcopts options_here -lameopts options_here -o file.avi

so easy.

furfurdemon666 · 05-05-2005, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
if you want simple, use a command line, it's SO SO much easier and quicker...

mencoder tv://1 -tv options_here -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lavcopts options_here -lameopts options_here -o file.avi

so easy.

Hi acid_kewpie,

Thanks for taking the time to post, I appreciate it.

Are there any lists of ready-to-use command line options for video capture, then, without having to dig through the man file and testing various options?

furfurdemon666 · 05-08-2005, 09:50 PM

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