Hi Duncan,
could you explain me what is the "vcr" mode, in comparison with "tv" mode?
Pirlouwi.
2007/10/5, Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Hough!
> > If I use the dvb plugin, I will loose the viewing part, because mplayer
> > will
> > be called with option dvb:// ? Isn't it?
> > I need some more explaination about that?
>
> True enough, just means that you need to do a bit of Python hacking, look
> for group_type in the source, using the 'dvb' as an example and add a new
> one for 'hvr', with the settings that you need. There should be about two
> places that you would need to add code, tv/plugins/mplayer and in one of
> the recording plug-ins.
>
> HTH
> Duncan
>
> > 2007/10/4, Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >>
> >> Pirlouwi wrote:
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > I would like to build a VCR_CMD string for using with an HVR-1300.
> >> > I want to record analog channels, using the hardware encoder of the
> >> > HVR-1300.
> >> >
> >> > If I do a cat /dev/video1 > test.mpg, I do get a valid mpeg file, so
> >> my
> >> > question is: what VCR_CMD command should I use inside freevo to
> record
> >> > the hardware-encoded mpeg2 stream, knowing that:
> >> > - i want to keep the ability to stop a recording after a defined time
> >> > - i don't want to transcode the mpeg stream in any way, just save it
> >> to
> >> disk
> >> >
> >> > It should be a little like the following, but I am a little bit lost
> >> > with all those mencoder switches
> >> > # VCR_CMD = (CONF.mencoder + ' ' +
> >> > # 'tv:// ' + # New mplayer requires
> >> this.
> >> > # '-tv driver=%s:input=%d' % (TV_DRIVER, TV_INPUT) +
> >> > # ':norm=%s' % CONF.tv +
> >> > # ':channel=%(channel)s' + # Filled in by Freevo
> >> > # ':chanlist=%s' % CONF.chanlist +
> >> > # ':width=%d:height=%d' % (TV_REC_SIZE[0], TV_REC_SIZE[1])
> >> +
> >> > # ':outfmt=%s' % TV_REC_OUTFMT +
> >> > # ':device=%s' % TV_DEVICE +
> >> > # VCR_AUDIO + # set above
> >> > # ' -ovc lavc -lavcopts ' + # Mencoder lavcodec
> video
> >> > codec
> >> > # 'vcodec=mpeg4' + # lavcodec mpeg-4
> >> > # ':vbitrate=1200:' + # Change lower/higher,
> >> bitrate
> >> > # 'keyint=30 ' + # Keyframe every 10
> secs,
> >> > change?
> >> > # '-oac mp3lame -lameopts ' + # Use Lame for MP3
> >> > encoding, must be enabled in mencoder!
> >> > # 'br=128:cbr:mode=3 ' + # MP3 const. bitrate,
> 128
> >> > kbit/s
> >> > # '-ffourcc divx ' + # Force 'divx' ident,
> >> > better compat.
> >> > # '-endpos %(seconds)s ' + # only mencoder uses
> this
> >> > so do it here.
> >> > # '-o %(filename)s') # Filled in by Freevo
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I though using mplayer instead of mencoder, because mplayer has a
> >> lovely
> >> > "save-stream-to-file" feature, but problem is that I then cannot
> >> program
> >> > the end of the record (%(seconds)).
> >> > Any help is welcome.
> >> >
> >> > PS: the best for me would be to use the ivtv plugin, but
> >> unfortunatelly,
> >> > my HVR board seems to not be supported by the ivtv driver. I will not
> >> > get live pause with the normal method, but it is a first integration
> >> > step. In a next effort, I will try to adapt the ivtv plugin for my
> >> HVR.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think that you will need to use the copy stream commands of mencoder,
> >> rather than trying to re-encode the video and audio. You should first
> >> try using mencoder or mplayer from the command line to get the
> arguments
> >> correct.
> >>
> >> Another choice may be to use a DVB plug-in, see the wiki for details,
> >> and treat the cards a a DVB device.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> Duncan
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
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