Most recent edit on 2007-05-21 20:21:02 by SySy [moved]
Additions:
moved to http://docs.mypclinuxos.com/CreatingVideoDVDRecording∞
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Making a Recording
Back to Creating a Video DVD with PCLinuxOS
THIS PAGE BEING MOVED TO http://docs.mypclinuxos.com/CreatingVideoDVDRecording∞
Every hardware setup you can think up is different, and needs another way of recording. There are some quite cool tools to help you change your $1000 computer into a $100 video recorder - as someone correctly put it.
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) on my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
Recording with Mencoder
I can start a recording using this command:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:input=2:width=768:height=576:fps=25:audioid=1:amode=1:alsa:forcechan=1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
I'm certainly not an expert, so don't ask too many questions, but here goes a try at an explanation:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records at the normal 4:3 aspect ratio, which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix!
The video output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature. The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps.
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. We'll have to resize later anyways.
If your only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio as mp2 or even ac3 at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
This command records until you press Ctrl+C, or kill it via a scheduled At or Cron call.
The mencoder∞ route isn't the easiest way to go. The mencoder∞ route is however very configurable, and you can easily start and stop it via Cron∞ or At∞.
Other recording tools
Luckily, there are alternatives:
- Kalva∞
- Freevo∞
- Klear∞
- MythTV∞ (not available from Synaptic)
Take your pick!
For now, we'll presume the recording worked and that you have an .avi file you want to burn to a Video DVD. We'll have to transform the recording to a DVD-ready format first though. Continue reading the Preparing the Video page.
CategoryAdvanced
Edited on 2007-05-20 14:48:50 by IanDawson [Porting to new wiki]
Additions:
THIS PAGE BEING MOVED TO http://docs.mypclinuxos.com/CreatingVideoDVDRecording∞
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:50:45 by LexNL
Additions:
If your only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio as mp2 or even ac3 at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
Deletions:
If your only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:45:38 by LexNL
Deletions:
Remember: The above records at the PAL resolution of 768x576 at 25 frames per second (fps). NTSC resolution is 720x480, and uses either 23.976fps or 29.97fps.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:44:52 by LexNL
Additions:
If your only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
Deletions:
If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:44:17 by LexNL
Additions:
The video output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature. The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps.
Deletions:
The video output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature.
The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:44:06 by LexNL
Additions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records at the normal 4:3 aspect ratio, which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix!
Deletions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records at the normal 4:3 aspect ratio, which is what I want. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:43:36 by LexNL
Additions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records at the normal 4:3 aspect ratio, which is what I want. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Deletions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:42:19 by LexNL
Additions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo output. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Deletions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:34:03 by LexNL
Additions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576 (NTSC use 720x480), using PAL 25 fps (NTSC use 30000/1001), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Deletions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:32:51 by LexNL
Additions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) on my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
Deletions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the my tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) on my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:31:14 by LexNL
Additions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:input=2:width=768:height=576:fps=25:audioid=1:amode=1:alsa:forcechan=1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite2, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and (amode=1) stereo audio line-in on my soundcards alsa driver. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. Forcechan forces stereo, as I need it for stereo. You'll have to configure which audio input channel is recorded using kmix.
Deletions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:input=2:audioid=1:amode=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. (forcechan forces stereo, as I needed that for stereo output)
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:21:18 by LexNL
Additions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the my tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) on my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
Deletions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the my tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) of my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
Edited on 2005-12-22 11:18:13 by LexNL
Additions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the my tv decoder (or VCR) using a SCART->Audio/S-Video cable to Composite2 (strange enough) of my TVcard, and the audio to the line-in of my sound-card.
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:input=2:audioid=1:amode=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps.
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. We'll have to resize later anyways.
If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this the image cropping. You might also want to record the audio at 224kps and at 48000Hz, you might want to use lavc as audio encoder in that case. Same goes for video, you might want to encode it to mpeg2, instead of mpeg4, also using lavc.
Deletions:
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the video out of my tv decoder (or VCR) using SCART to Composite 1 of my TVcard and the audio component of the tv decoder to the line-in of my sound-card.
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:input=1:audioid=1:amode=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps. If your only goal for this recording is Video DVD, you might want to have it record at 224kbps and at 48000Hz. Not sure how you set up mp3lame to record at 48000Hz though, my TVcard automatically gives me 44100Hz.
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this. We'll have to resize later anyways.
Edited on 2005-12-22 10:35:21 by LexNL
Additions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:input=1:audioid=1:amode=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
Deletions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:audioid=1:amode=1:input=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
Edited on 2005-12-22 10:32:49 by LexNL
Additions:
The audio output is encoded as MP3, (mode=1) stereo/2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps. If your only goal for this recording is Video DVD, you might want to have it record at 224kbps and at 48000Hz. Not sure how you set up mp3lame to record at 48000Hz though, my TVcard automatically gives me 44100Hz.
Deletions:
The audio output is encoded as MP3, 2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps. If your only goal for this recording is Video DVD, you might want to have it record at 224kbps and at 48000Hz. Not sure how you set up mp3lame to record at 48000Hz though, my TVcard automatically gives me 44100Hz.
Edited on 2005-12-22 10:28:57 by LexNL
Additions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1", and probably another input resolution as well. (forcechan forces stereo, as I needed that for stereo output)
Deletions:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1". (forcechan forces stereo, as I needed that for stereo output)
Edited on 2005-12-22 10:25:23 by LexNL
Additions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:audioid=1:amode=1:input=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
I'm certainly not an expert, so don't ask too many questions, but here goes a try at an explanation:
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp. My card automatically records 4:3 aspect which is what I want. If you want 16/9, add ":aspect=16/9" at the end of "forcechan=1". (forcechan forces stereo, as I needed that for stereo output)
Deletions:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:audioid=1:amode=1:input=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp.
Edited on 2005-12-22 10:18:45 by LexNL
Additions:
The video output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature.
The audio output is encoded as MP3, 2ch, 44100Hz, 128kbps. We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps. If your only goal for this recording is Video DVD, you might want to have it record at 224kbps and at 48000Hz. Not sure how you set up mp3lame to record at 48000Hz though, my TVcard automatically gives me 44100Hz.
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this. We'll have to resize later anyways.
This command records until you press Ctrl+C, or kill it via a scheduled At or Cron call.
Deletions:
The output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature. Audio is encoded as mp3 at 128kb/s (We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps)
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this. We'll have to resize later anyways. It records until you press Ctrl+C, or kill it via a scheduled At or Cron call.
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2005-12-22 10:02:02 by LexNL []
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Making a Recording
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Creating a Video DVD with PCLinuxOS
Every hardware setup you can think up is different, and needs another way of recording. There are some quite cool tools to help you change your $1000 computer into a $100 video recorder - as someone correctly put it.
Any setup however involves hooking up your cable, digital TV decoder, cam-corder, video recorder or any such appliance to your computer. You'll need specialised hardware for it. Like for example a TVcard. I've hooked up the video out of my tv decoder (or VCR) using SCART to Composite 1 of my TVcard and the audio component of the tv decoder to the line-in of my sound-card.
Recording with Mencoder
I can start a recording using this command:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l:width=768:height=576:audioid=1:amode=1:input=1:adevice=/dev/dsp:forceaudio:forcechan=1 -ofps 25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=15 -ffourcc DX50 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=1 -vf crop=760:570:4:2,pp=lb -o /home/username/recording.avi tv://
This records using video4linux, from the TVcard input Composite1, with a PAL resolution of 768x576, using 25 fps (PAL, use 30000/1001 for NTSC), and stereo audio line-in on /dev/dsp.
The output is a DivX5 mpeg4 video, with a videobitrate of 1400kbps (this is roughly 700mb per hour, DVD-quality is about 5000kbps, but your signal won't be that good anyway so why bother), and a keyframe interval of 15 frames (PAL, 18 NTSC). I use a DX50 (DivX5) AVI-signature. Audio is encoded as mp3 at 128kb/s (We'll recode this later to 224kbps, DVD-quality is about 448kbps)
I also (pp=lb) deinterlance the video-signal and crop the video down from 768x576 to 760x570, this removes some unused outer borders and leaves a crispy picture. The 760x570 resolution you end up with, however, complies with no TV standard whatsoever, but just looks good on my PC. If you only goal for this recording is to create a Video DVD, you might want to skip this. We'll have to resize later anyways. It records until you press Ctrl+C, or kill it via a scheduled At or Cron call.
Remember: The above records at the PAL resolution of 768x576 at 25 frames per second (fps). NTSC resolution is 720x480, and uses either 23.976fps or 29.97fps.
The
mencoder∞ route isn't the easiest way to go. The
mencoder∞ route is however very configurable, and you can easily start and stop it via
Cron∞ or
At∞.
Other recording tools
Luckily, there are alternatives:
-
Kalva∞
-
Freevo∞
-
Klear∞
-
MythTV∞ (not available from Synaptic)
Take your pick!
For now, we'll presume the recording worked and that you have an .avi file you want to burn to a Video DVD. We'll have to transform the recording to a DVD-ready format first though. Continue reading the
Preparing the Video page.
CategoryAdvanced