[Mjpeg-users] Fwd: lav2wav error

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Hanke
Some days ago, I was posting the following message to the list. Apparently, I did not receive any reply. Beg your pardon for my impatience. But can somebody help? Thank you, Michael -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: lav2wav error Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:26:24 +0200 From: Mic

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Linux Video Studio: Effects do not work with interlaced material

2003-10-08 Thread Michael Hanke
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 17.55, you wrote: > > Here is an updated patch: > > http://www.nada.kth.se/~hanke/files/lvs_1.diff > > To which version has that patch to be applied ? I make the patches always against the stock distribution version. > > Would you aggree that I upload you last changes

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Steffen Barszus
Am Mittwoch, 8. Oktober 2003 22:08 schrieb Maarten De Boer: > > Enlarge the image ;) > > Sure, but on a stupid TV set, resolution seems less of an issue. resolution == sugnal quality to tv-set plus quality of tv. The horizontal resolution is most depending on signal quality. All at all you

Re: [Mjpeg-users] SVCD subtitles

2003-10-08 Thread Laurent Pinchart
> > AFAIK CC subtitles are common on DVDs ? > > I don't think so. AFAIK these CC stuff is common in ntsc land only > and not in common use on DVD. > > Refer to 1.45 of dvd-faq (http://www.dvddemystified.com): > > ---cut--- > Closed Captions on DVDs are carried in a special data channel of the > MPE

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Maarten De Boer wrote: > > no flow control - what happens if the encoding can't, even momentarily, > > keep up (disc accesses, other programs running, whatever) > > This is something I would like to comment on. Being an audio software > developer, these are issues that I am r

Re: [Mjpeg-users] SVCD subtitles

2003-10-08 Thread Laurent Pinchart
> Its a multiplexer / authoring issue. > > You need to: > a) Extend the multiplexer so it can correctly chunk the SVCD subtitle > streams (not hard actually) for muxing. This is a mplex issue, right ? I had a quick look at the mplex code. It seems Do I just have to create a SubtitleStream class t

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Maarten De Boer
> no flow control - what happens if the encoding can't, even momentarily, > keep up (disc accesses, other programs running, whatever) This is something I would like to comment on. Being an audio software developer, these are issues that I am rather familiar with. I guess that with audio, for examp

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Maarten De Boer wrote: > > Usually a good idea to add "-N value" with "-K kvcd" anyhow since the ^Usually^Usually not^ > Is this really what you want to say? It contradicts a previous mail of Fingers ahead of the brain - word 'not' was accidentally left

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Maarten De Boer
> Usually a good idea to add "-N value" with "-K kvcd" anyhow since the > quantization matrices for kvcd already contain modifications to > the high frequency quantizers. Is this really what you want to say? It contradicts a previous mail of yours where you suggest _not_ to combi

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Maarten de Boer wrote: > and I have to do it at home, where I can dedicate only limited time to > it), but indeed -K kvcd improved a lot. I left out the -N option because > I don't think my source material is that noisy, and I am not sure if it -N is not primarily aim

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Maarten de Boer wrote: > Do I understand that using -q will result in a variable bitrate, and thus Correct. > in smaller standalone player compatibility? Not at all. SVCDs use VBR MPEG-2 so there is no compatibilty issue. Cheers, St

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo > > I think for SVCD if the -K kvcd option and -q 8 (or 9) were used > Do I understand that using -q will result in a variable bitrate, and thus > in smaller standalone player compatibility? SVCD = subset of MPEG2 = always VBR Bitrate. The q option only sets the quality you want. But

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Lavrec causes system freeze

2003-10-08 Thread Ronald Bultje
Hi Kurt, On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 04:44, Kurt Kochendarfer wrote: > Unfortunately the story doesn't end there. Whenever I try to capture > video using lavrec, I can record anywhere from 1-7 minutes of video, but > then the entire computer freezes up. (i.e. the caps lock & scroll lock > light blink on

Re: [Mjpeg-users] lavrec error with sound

2003-10-08 Thread Ronald Bultje
Hi Thierry, On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 08:31, Thierry Salmon wrote: > I get error grabbing with lavrec (xawtv works ! and I have sound coming > out the soundcard) Try --use-read. It usually comes down to semi-implemented drivers that don't support mmap() (or they crash when you use that). Ronald --

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Maarten de Boer
> I think for SVCD if the -K kvcd option and -q 8 (or 9) were used Do I understand that using -q will result in a variable bitrate, and thus in smaller standalone player compatibility? Maarten --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:Think

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCD 2500vbr better quality than SVCD

2003-10-08 Thread Maarten de Boer
> I think for SVCD if the -K kvcd option and -q 8 (or 9) were used > the results would make a good SVCD video. If the source has > noise then adding yuvdenoise with moderate settings (-l 1 or -l 2) > will work wonders. Hi, I am still trying different settings (but the pr

[Mjpeg-users] lavrec error with sound

2003-10-08 Thread Thierry Salmon
Hi, I get error grabbing with lavrec (xawtv works ! and I have sound coming out the soundcard) any tips ? Thanks in advance Thierry [EMAIL PROTECTED] dev]$ lavrecord test1.avi + export LAV_VIDEO_DEV=/dev/video0 + LAV_VIDEO_DEV=/dev/video0 + export LAV_AUDIO_DEV=/dev/dsp + LAV_AUDIO_DEV=/dev/d

[Mjpeg-users] Lavrec causes system freeze

2003-10-08 Thread Kurt Kochendarfer
Hello all, Thanks to so many who offered help with my DC10+ problem. After wrestling with SuSE for many hours I decided to move back to a Mandrake 9.1 setup. The zoran driver compiled just fine and seems to work OK when used with xawtv. Unfortunately the story doesn't end there. Whenever