[lug] ivtv: now what?

[steve at badcheese.com]

aviplay has command-line avirec that should do it.  Will even work if your 
video card or X drivers don't have MPEG stuff in it.

http://avifile.sourceforge.net/

- Steve

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Steve Sullivan wrote:

> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 07:54:46 -0600
> From: Steve Sullivan <sullivan at mathcom.com>
> Reply-To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>     <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] ivtv: now what?
> 
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to copy from an old analog VCR to linux disk.
> I installed ivtv on my Suse 10.2 system ... but now what?  The boot
> messages seem to indicate ivtv found the Hauppauge 250 card OK.
>
> But how do I copy from an analog VCR to disk?
> I plugged into the yellow RCA jack (I'm pretty sure that's video in
> on the Hauppauge card), but the card has no corresponding audio in (?).
>
> Then I hit "play" on the VCR and tried whatever TV-related programs I could find:
>
> zapping and xawtv both failed and reported:
>  X Error of failed request:  XF86DGANoDirectVideoMode
>
> kdetv did start a window, with some complaints (attached),
> but now what?  The kdetv program seems entirely oriented
> to watching current TV.
>
> How can I copy from an analog VCR to disk?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steve
>
>
> $ kdetv
> ALSA lib control.c:910:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL
> kdetv: WARNING: Device does not support streaming interface or is not a V4L2 device.
> kdetv: WARNING: Device does not support streaming interface or is not a V4L2 device.
> Creating vbi proxy client, rev.
> $Id: proxy-client.c,v 1.9 2005/01/20 20:56:11 mschimek Exp $
> proxy_msg: connect: error 2, No such file or directory
> kdetv: WARNING: VBIDecoder: vbi_capture_proxy_new error: Connection via socket failed, server not running.
> Try to open V4L2 0.20 VBI device, libzvbi interface rev.
>  $Id: io-v4l2.c,v 1.31 2004/12/30 02:24:11 mschimek Exp $
> Opened /dev/vbi
> Try to open V4L2 2.6 VBI device, libzvbi interface rev.
>  $Id: io-v4l2k.c,v 1.28 2005/05/25 02:26:41 mschimek Exp $
> Opened /dev/vbi
> /dev/vbi (Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250) is a v4l2 vbi device,
> driver ivtv, version 0x00000800
> Using read interface
> Current scanning system is 525
> Querying current vbi parameters... success
> VBI capture parameters supported: format 59455247 [GREY], 27000000 Hz, 1439 bpl, offs 248, F1 10...21, F2 273...284, flags 00000000
> VBI capture parameters granted: format 59455247 [GREY], 27000000 Hz, 1439 bpl, offs 248, F1 10...21, F2 273...284, flags 00000000
> Nyquist check passed
> Request decoding of services 0x60000c7f, strict level -1
> Will capture services 0x00000060, added 0x60 commit:1
> Capture buffer allocated
> Successful opened /dev/vbi (Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250)
> kdetv: WARNING: MainWindow::setupInfraRed(): Lirc not available
>
>
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