Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-03 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 00:48:10 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I got my hands

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2008-07-02 00:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread cothrige
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:12 -0300 > > With mencode I used the following command (using PAL in my country): > > mencoder tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:input=1:norm=pal:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0: > freq=775.25:adevice=/dev/dsp1:forceaudio:audiorate=32000 buffersi

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread coolzone
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:12 -0300 Gabriel Parrondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 04:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > > Well, the quality pretty much depends on the parameters you're using > with mencoder. I would ask for the command you were trying, but I see > you

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread Gabriel Parrondo
El mié, 02-07-2008 a las 04:38 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality > is really bad. > > What are you using to capture video? Well, the quality pretty much depen

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread Rico Secada
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:04:29 +0930 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Dale, and others. Dale I also tried using mencoder, but the result was very poor quality. After some testing I managed to get a very clean and good quality recording using transcode instead. > 2008/7/2 <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread Dale
2008/7/2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality > is really bad. > > What are you using to capture video? > >> Hi. >> >> I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread j t
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:38 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What are you using to capture video? Disclaimer: I know nothing about Pinnacle video cards (I have an Adaptec avc2010 pci card which works perfectly under linux). Surely i

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 12:48:10AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony > M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. > > Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it works > perfectly, but

Re: Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-01 Thread coolzone
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:48:10 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, so I figured out how to capture using mencoder, but the quality is really bad. What are you using to capture video? > Hi. > > I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been > very happy with it. > > Today

Recording TV with Debian

2008-07-01 Thread coolzone
Hi. I have been using GNU/Linux for about ten years and I have always been very happy with it. Today however I wanted to record some old video recordings from my Sony M8 video recorder, and I got my hands on a Pinnacle video card. Now installing tvtime and watching the tapes is very easy and it