Re: How to capture video with ATI graphics card?

[Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com>]

Tim Beauregard wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I wish to record my video cassette collection onto my hard drive and
> then to DVD.  I am having trouble finding suitable debian packages for
> the video capture part of the task, which can work with my ATI Radeon
> All-In-Wonder 9200LE graphics card.  I don't need 3D acceleration.
> Could any debian-users recommend packages which would work for me?
>
> I have tried
>
> gatos (xatitv error: GATOS: No ATI PCI/AGP Cards ?)
>
> avview from source (not available as .deb) (couldn't get correct ffmpeg
> version installed, even from source)
>
> fglrx using the ATI installer (causes X to crash.  I am using X.Org
> 6.9.0 and the xorg.conf uses the "ati" driver successfully at the moment)
>
> Linux debian 2.6.14 (custom kernel) #2 Tue Mar 7 07:54:17 GMT 2006 i686
> GNU/Linux, unstable distribution.
>
> 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
> [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
> 0000:02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon
> 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
>
> I would be grateful for any suggestions, even if it is simply to wait
> until fglrx catches up to X.Org.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tim
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Hi Tim,
This may not work out of the box for you, but I hope it will give you 
some insight. It works for my bttv pixelview board, kernel 2.6.8.2-k7, 
and is quite scriptable. Debian sarge.

Needed packages are streamer and mplayer (mencoder, actually).

mencoder -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
vbitrate=1800 -tv 
driver=v4l2:norm=pal-m:channel=42:chanlist=us-cable:adevice=/dev/dsp:width=640:height=480 
-vf pp=lb -o /backup/movie.avi tv://

obs - pal-m is for brazilian television.


streamer -t 300  -s 640x480 r 29.970 -o ~/movie.avi -f mjpeg -F stereo

-t time in deciseconds (please check it)
-s frame size
-r fps
-o output
-f video format
-F audio format