Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program
I am too tired and let's end this thread. Thanks!
There is a long way to go to meet my goal:
1) the output is playable on Linux and Windows
2) the output is two to three megabytes per minutes, frame size is 384x288, my CPU is P3/550
Replacing with "-oac copy" does not work. Audio still can't be heard after some effort. All the switchs used by mencoder still seem foreign to me. Maybe I should read mplayer manual. The learning curve is not smooth. Mplayer is in beta stage, and a/v synchronization problem often occurs.
I am quite happy with helix producer that uses real media format. producer works well in sarge (kernel 2.4) and meet my goal. So why should I try so hard using mplayer?
ByeBye!!
--- On Wed, 11/5/08, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 5:25 AM
> Serena Cantor wrote:
>
> > It works now though it has many programs! Thanks!!!
> >
> > After running 2 sudo commands given by you, your
> mencoder command can
> > record. I don't copy sudo output, because 1st sudo
> merely says insmod
> > snd-mixer-oss.ko and snd-pcm-oss.ko and 2nd sudo has
> no output at all,
> > though I have /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer after running 2
> sudo. I change
> > /dev/dsp1 to /dev/dsp in your command, and run it. It
> records, and I can
> > hear TV audio. After about 15 seconds, I press Ctrl+C
> to end recording and
> > play output.avi. I find that TV audio is NOT recorded
> (TV video seems OK).
> > I have to add "-vo x11" to "mplayer
> output.avi" to play it. vlc player
> > can't play output.avi, even video is not shown.
>
> So now you have video but no audio. right? But when you
> watch TV you hear
> sound.
>
> may be try first instead -oac lame and -lameopts -oac copy.
> means replace
>
> '-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64'
>
> with
>
> '-oac copy'
>
> I think though that the problem is another one, but try
> this first and tell
> me if it works.
>
> If it's not working you may also try to add following
> to the tv driver line
>
> 'forceaudio:immediatemode=1:forcechan=2:audiorate=44100:amode=1:audioid=1:adevice=/dev/dsp'
>
> notice the forceaudio command and the immediatemode. The
> immediate mode
> (look in man mplayer) is the option that we need I think.
> We can try add alsa and replace adevice=/dev/dsp with
> adevice=hw=0.0 or
> adevice=hw=0.1 I don't remember which was correct for
> capturing.
>
> 'forceaudio:immediatemode=1:forcechan=2:audiorate=44100:amode=1:audioid=1:alsa:adevice=hw=0.0'
>
> I'm not familiar with vlc, but after you manage to
> record your first video
> with sound you can play with the different options of
> mencoder and try to
> find a way that records or converts videos to something vlc
> would like.
>
> When I record movie and check the file type with file it
> says
>
> file 20081014-201413.avi
> 20081014-201413.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 720 x
> 576, 25.00 fps,
> video: FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 1 or 2 (stereo,
> 48000 Hz)
>
> I usually convert them after this with mencoder
>
> file 3SAT_Effesos.avi
> 3SAT_Effesos.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 720 x
> 576, 25.00 fps,
> video: FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000
> Hz)
>
> When recording I use -oac copy ( means no conversion of
> audio stream)
> Then I convert with mencoder and do higher compression of
> video too.
>
> regards
>
>
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