Hi, On Tuesday 10 June 2003 23:46, Gurpal S. Bhachu wrote: > (sorry if this mail is long)
Don't mind ;-) > I am using avfile/avicap versions: > > libavifile0.7-0.7.29-1mdk > gstreamer-avi-0.6.0-3mdk > avifile-player-0.7.29-1mdk > avifile-samples-0.7.29-1mdk > > under Linux Mandrake 9.1 Try the packages from http://plf.zarb.org , they're for Mandrake These packages worked very fine for me - although I'm using Suse :-) > I can watch TV using avicap no problem. I guess it uses some kind of xawtv > setting (?). Avicap uses the xawtv channel settings. > I managed to record using MJPEG codec and audio but the file was very > large. My problem now is that it can't pick up other codecs such as DivX > etc. I have put binariesxxxx.zip in /usr/lib/win32, but avicap only shows For Divx/Xvid, you don't need these windows binaries. DivX and Xvid are linux-native. > about 5 defaut codecs (yu12, yu2, OS MJPG, RGB, etc). Do you think this is > because Mandrake compiled it not to look at /usr/lib/win32 for more codecs? Probably they're not compiled for use with xvid/divx? Try the link above, they're 'experts' for multimedia packages > My directory listing of /usr/lib/avifile0.7/ is: Divx and xvid plugins are missing there - get other packages. > I never ran kv4lsetup because I can watch TV in every other program without > any problem such as xawtv. Why do I need to run this? Other AVI files play You need kv4lsetup to correctly setup the grabber device. If you installed avifile from rpms, then you're using it - avicap calls that when it starts up. Tell me if it worked with the other rpm packages Alex -- Alexander Rawass mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.raw-ass.net ...but some day you'll be a STAR in somebody else's SKY... _______________________________________________ Avifile mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://prak.org/mailman/listinfo/avifile
