Can't capture video (XV maybe?)
I am a linux N00B =)
I recently bought an AverMedia TV card (UltraTV PCI 350). Mandrake 10.1 recognized it and I can watch tv and the content on my video camera. But I can't record anything. I tried using XAWTV. I think its the libXv because when I launch XawTv using "XawTv -noxv" it records but it looks wierd. (not normal?). When I just run XawTv normally, I can't even record anything. I press the record button but nothing happens :(. I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance |
Xawtv won't record at all without -noxv, so don't worry about that. I had a similiar using the prepackaged xawtv version with mandrake 10 rc1. I recompiled both xawtv and libxv and everything worked fine after that. I can't be sure if that's your problem though. You could try streamer, but I think that's a xawtv tool so it probably won't make much of a difference.
You could also use mplayer. This is the command I use: Code:
mencoder -tv norm=NTSC:driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:input=1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts input=audidy vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -oac mp3lame -vf pp=lb -o whatever.avi tv:// Finally, tell me what you mean by "it looks weird". Hope I could be a help. |
Can you tell me were to get the libXv so that I can recompile it, please.
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I tried to answer your question based on my memories of how I fix my problems and it seems I was a little inaccurate. I couldn't have possibly recompiled libxv because there isn't any source packages for it (all you can do is recompile X [I think], and trust me in that you don't want to do that). I'm extremely sorry for my mistake. It's possible I just recompiled xawtv as opposed to using the packaged version. Try this. If this doesn't work we're going to try the alternatives (mplayer).
I'm extremely sorry for my mistake. |
This is a bit unrelated but when I try to recompile XawTv, I successfully go through the configure and it tell me to install the ljpeg libraries. When I do this, after going through "configure" & "make", "make install" exits and tells me the following:
/usr/bin/install -c cjpeg /usr/local/bin/cjpeg /usr/bin/install -c djpeg /usr/local/bin/djpeg /usr/bin/install -c jpegtran /usr/local/bin/jpegtran /usr/bin/install -c rdjpgcom /usr/local/bin/rdjpgcom /usr/bin/install -c wrjpgcom /usr/local/bin/wrjpgcom /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./cjpeg.1 /usr/local/man/man1/cjpeg.1 /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/man/man1/cjpeg.1': No such file or directory make: *** [install] Error 1 I am really confused. If there is an easier solution to my original problem, I would love to do that. Please Help me. Thank You |
I also had problems recording with XawTV, first it didn't work at all, then worked, then lousy quality, now it works fine with good quality. I haven't recompiled anything, but I believe Mandrake use some Bleeding edge software, that could explain it.
Anyway, what I did was to use streamer - it is an XawTV-tool, but it has worked perfectly all the time! Only problem is it seems impossible to select a TV-channel with it, you have to first start XawTV and select a channel, then start streamer. It's a text-tool, but don't be scared! It was really easy to learn, I have recorded a lot from TV and analog videocamera with it. I'm not at home now so I can't check it, but I think this is a standard command-line I use: #streamer -i Television -t 01:30:00 -s 720x576 -f mjpg -q 100 -o filename.avi That is: input source, size (TV PAL is 352x288 or something like that) format mjpg and best quality. Type only streamer and you'll get a list with options, as well as a few examples. To get best quality oń my AMD Semperon 1,7GHz 512 RAM, I don't run X when recording from analog videocamera. That way I can get highest resolution with 100% quality without dropped frames. As a N00B you probably don't want to try using commandline without any graphics - but that's a mistake! It is not difficult, just play around with it an hour or two and you'll get used to it. Just return if you need help with parameters. |
Thank You soo much to Inexactitude and pingu! I used streamer and everything worked. This is one of those times where I wish I were rich so that I could reward people like you with millions of dollars (unfortunately that's not going to happen =)) but I am really thankful that you helped me.
I think THIS is the best feature of Linux. There are so many people willing to help; this could never be possible if I were using Windows! Kasra |
I'm happy we were able to help. Good luck with linux and stick around on lq, you'll find it really helps out.
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