Bug#467507: compiz: Prevents frame grabbing from v4l device (tv tuner)

[Daniel Dickinson <cshore@wightman.ca>]

Package: compiz
Version: 0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1
Severity: normal


Having compiz active results in blank video using ffmpeg (both lenny and experimental) for a/v recording.  Not starting compiz as the window manager (but the package is still on the system) and sticking with metacity restores the desired functionality (recording tv) to ffmpeg.

The ffmpeg command-line I use (for the experimental ffmpeg, lenny uses audio_device instead of oss) is:

/usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -tvstd ntsc -t "$TOTALSECONDS" -s 480x352 -re -deinterlace -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 -f oss -i /dev/dsp -ac 2 -s 640x480 -f mpeg -vcodec mpeg1video -acodec mp2 "$BASEFILENAME.mpeg"

with totalseconds and basefilename filled in, of course

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages compiz depends on:
ii  compiz-core 0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gnom 0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gtk  0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-plug 0.6.3~git20071222.061ff159-1 OpenGL window and compositing mana

compiz recommends no packages.

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