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Re: The nightmare of analog video capture.

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From JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet>
Subject Re: The nightmare of analog video capture.
References <jlmrmn$dt6$1@nnrp.linuxfan.it>
Message-ID <slrnjnubf0.gdn.jedi@nomad.mishnet> (permalink)
Date 2012-04-06 12:54 -0500

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On 2012-04-06, matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> It is from almost two years that I'm desperately trying to acquire the
> video from VHS, using GNU/Linux (various distributions) and a video
> acquisition board based on Conexant BT848 chip.

    It's Unix. Want to capture the video? Stream it from the device node.

    cat /dev/video0 > somefile.raw

    The BT848 is a dinosaur. It's been out of date for about 10 years 
already. Something more modern like a PVR150 (discontinued) or a HDPVR
might be a be more useful.

     A modern card will capture in something like MPEG2 and do the heavy
lifting associated with video compression. Otherwise, your capture files
are going to be huge and you will have to compress those with whatever
CPU power you happen to have lying around.

[deletia]

    I had a BT based card in the 90s.

-- 
    It's a great paradox.                                            |||
                                                                    / | \
    Mac users aren't supposed to be capable of organizing their      
own files with the Finder or browse the storage on a digital 
camera yet they can be expected to track down their own QT 
extensions with no real help from Apple.

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The nightmare of analog video capture. matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-04-06 15:39 +0200
  Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. Phil Stovell <phil@stovell.nospam.org.uk> - 2012-04-06 15:06 +0100
    Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. matrobriva <matrobriva@libero.it> - 2012-04-06 17:30 +0200
  Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-04-06 12:54 -0500
    Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-06 18:19 +0000
      Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-04-06 14:54 -0500
        Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-06 21:30 +0000
          Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-04-09 19:52 +0000
    Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-04-07 00:48 +0000
      Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. Johann Klammer <klammerj@NOSPAM.a1.net> - 2012-04-07 05:39 +0200
      Re: The nightmare of analog video capture. JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2012-04-09 10:15 -0500

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