[vox-tech] wincast tv: video4linux and copying movies

[Mark K. Kim]

I think the driver needs to support saving videos.

Assuming it does, run xawtv with -noxv option, 'cuz it can't save videos
when the video is coming through the xvideo extension.  Then select
"Record Movie" from the menu, then change "movie driver: multiple image
files" to one of the valid movie formats.  Supply the "movie/images
filename", then click "start/stop recording."  That works for me but I
don't use hauppauge so...

Good luck!

-Mark


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 p@dirac.org wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i owned a microsoft OS for a few weeks before switching to linux.  in
> those few weeks, i bought a hauppauge wincast TV card.  it worked
> marginarlly well, but the driver had "issues".
>
> anyway, i installed linux soon after and completely forgot about the
> card, giving up on it ever being supported by linux.  that was back in
> the redhat 5.1 days, and supported hardware was ... sparse.
>
> anyway, i recently came across the card and did some research.  it's now
> supported by linux!  hooray!  after...
>
> reading ~linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv
> recompiling the kernel
> figuring out how to connect the card to my soundcard
> playing with sound settings
> hooking the card up to my VCR
>
> i got the card to work.  it took a bit long to get working under linux,
> but it's much less flakey.  the windows driver crashed very often,
> making the card painful to use (one of the reasons why i forgot about
> the card).
>
> anyway, i want to put some of my old VCR tapes onto hard drive and
> perhaps eventually burn them to DVD.
>
>
> has anybody ever done this?  i can use xawtv to watch my tapes, but for
> some reason, it doesn't want to record.  it refuses to record the movie
> to disk (although i can get screenshots).
>
> i'm about to go to freshmeat, but if anybody does this kind of thing,
> i'd like to hear what you use and about your experiences with this kind
> of software.  i'm a TOTAL newbie with video on linux, but i'd like to
> get acquainted with it.
>
> thanks!
> pete
>
>
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