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Re: How to capture composite video

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On Fri May 28 16:18:42 2021 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:

 > Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 >
 >> Note the "Audio: no sound" line.  I still have to figure that one out
 >> to get beyond silent movies.  Any hints?
 >
 > Yes: composite video doesn't carry audio at all.  Your VCR has
 > either mono or stereo RCA audio output jacks, and you can plug
 > them into a stereo RCA-> 1/8" stereo headphone plug or adapter
 > cable to bring it into your sound card.  Possibly your video
 > capture card has a separate jack for that?
 >
 > Input 0 is probably RF-frequency NTSC with a tuner to select
 > channels.  That's low-quality, but includes audio.
 >
 > Input 2 is S-Video, which is the best of the available video
 > connections if your VCR supports it.  (I have one that does...
 > if it still powers up.)

Yes, my card's inputs show up as RF, composite, and S-Video
respectively.  I have composite video coming in just fine.

As for audio, I've run a triple RCA cable (red, white, and yellow) from
the jacks on the VCR to the corresponding jacks on the bracket attached
to my Hauppauge card.  It's the same cable I used to hook the VCR to my
TV, where it worked fine.  The VCR doesn't have S-Video output.

Presumably the Hauppauge card has an audio encoder somewhere;
I just have to find it.  "ls -l /dev/ds*" shows nothing, and
"arecord -l" shows:

**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC892 Alt Analog [ALC892 Alt Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: CX8801 [Conexant CX8801], device 0: CX88 Digital [CX88 Digital]
   Subdevices: 0/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

None of those appear to be part of the Hauppauge card; they're probably
on the motherboard.  Hmmm, maybe I could use one of them instead...

BTW there's no need to post copies to my e-mail; I see everything
on the list via the Usenet feed to linux.debian.user.  Thanks.
-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  "Some of you may die,
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  but it's a sacrifice
  X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  I'm willing to make."
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Lord Farquaad (Shrek)

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Re: How to capture composite video Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2021-05-29 02:20 +0200
  Re: How to capture composite video Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-29 08:40 +0200
    Re: How to capture composite video Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-05-29 14:20 +0200

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