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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Emanoil Kotsev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: how to use mencoder to record TV program > To: [email protected] > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
