Re: [Mjpeg-users] miro DC30+ fails to do anything

2004-09-20 Thread Brett Johnson
>From my original email: according to: http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/build.html kernel 2.6.x already has v4l2 stuff, just activate it. Zoran drivers claim to be 0.9.5. Selected as modules. - Is there a patch I should apply for kernel 2.6.8.1? I selected all the zoran drivers as modules.

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Where to denoise in 3 pass encoding

2004-09-20 Thread Martin Collins
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:35:46 -0700 (PDT) "Steven M. Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know the mplayer/mencoder folks verge on being fanatical Period :-) > about the 2 pass method but the times I've used it there was > little to no difference (except for the elapsed time

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Where to denoise in 3 pass encoding

2004-09-20 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Martin Collins wrote: > What Steven said about 3 pass. I had hoped to say "forget it - it's twice the encoding time for relatively little benefit". For causual viewing it's not worth the extra time and for archival purposes I'll create a high rate

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Where to denoise in 3 pass encoding

2004-09-20 Thread Martin Collins
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:12:31 +0800 Derek Fountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to put a denoise step in there. The options seem to be, > > 1) stick a denoise on each lav2yuv step and do the denoise 3 times What Steven said about 3 pass. > 2) stick a denoise on the last lav2yuv step and

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCR capture

2004-09-20 Thread Martin Collins
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:39:12 +0800 Derek Fountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The HOWTO says that "-d 2 is already better than VHS video (a > *lot*!)." Does that mean that if I'm capturing from a VHS source I > will gain nothing from using -d 1, and should always use -d 2? Or > does it mean that

Re: [Mjpeg-users] Where to denoise in 3 pass encoding

2004-09-20 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Derek Fountain wrote: > I'm using a tuned version of the 3 pass lav2avi.sh script which basically > does: The MPlayer/mencoder developers have deprecated (and highly discourage the use of) the 3 pass method and recommend the use of the 2 pas

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCR capture

2004-09-20 Thread Steven M. Schultz
Hi Ronald - On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > You're comparing two different things, so it's not as easy as "is 2 > smaller than 1"? VHS is interlaced, but only at half of the lines as > your actual TV/cable display, if I'm correct. Oops - I think you're confusing "VCD" with

Re: [Mjpeg-users] VCR capture

2004-09-20 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
Hi Derek, On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 07:39, Derek Fountain wrote: > The HOWTO says that "-d 2 is already better than VHS video (a *lot*!)." Does > that mean that if I'm capturing from a VHS source I will gain nothing from > using -d 1, and should always use -d 2? Or does it mean that given a > theor

Re: [Mjpeg-users] lavrec: Error initializing Audio

2004-09-20 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
Hi Robert, On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 22:26, rg.tmp wrote: > the PCTV audio output is connected through an external wire to the > audio line-input (on the motherboard) Ah, so it's an onboard card. Those are ususally not the best. > **ERROR: [lavrec] Error initializing Audio: Audio task died. Reason:

Re: [Mjpeg-users] miro DC30+ fails to do anything

2004-09-20 Thread Ronald S. Bultje
Hi Brett, On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 07:45, Brett Johnson wrote: > The main error I get from lavrec is: > "Error syncing on a buffer: Timer expired" Which driver version doy ou use? given the error, I suspect you're using an older driver (0.9.4). Ronald -- Ronald S. Bultje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

[Mjpeg-users] Where to denoise in 3 pass encoding

2004-09-20 Thread Derek Fountain
I'm using a tuned version of the 3 pass lav2avi.sh script which basically does: lav2wav ... & lav2yuv ... | mencoder ... lav2yuv ... | mencoder ...vpass=1... lav2yuv ... | mencoder ...vpass=2... I wanted to put a denoise step in there. The options seem to be, 1) stick a denoise on each lav2y