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The following page has been changed by 202.45.107.1: http://freevo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/RecordingInfo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -194,6 +194,63 @@ }}} +----- + +thanks to whoever created this entry, it helped a lot! + +i've found that the recording server doesn't kill the mencoder process +when you cancel a currently recording show when run +in this way. + +the recording server sends a kill -15 to the parent shell script, which kills it off, +but mencoder lives on now owned by pid '1' + +the trap in the following script helps with this: + +{{{ +#!/usr/bin/ksh + +handler() { + kill -15 `ps -eaf | grep mencoder | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'` +} + +trap handler TERM + +NAME=$1 +TIME=$2 + +WIDTH=512 +HEIGHT=384 + +MENCODER=/usr/bin/mencoder +AUMIX=/usr/bin/amixer + +AUDIO_OPTIONS="alsa:adevice=hw.0,0:audiorate=44100:forceaudio" +VIDEO_OPTIONS="driver=v4l:input=0:norm=pal:freq=0.000:width=$WIDTH:height=$HEIGHT:device=/dev/video0" + +TV="$VIDEO_OPTIONS:$AUDIO_OPTIONS" + +AUDIO="-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128:cbr" +VIDEO="-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:keyint=30 -vf lavcdeint" + +$AUMIX -q set Line mute +$AUMIX -q set Line 87% +$AUMix -Q CSet numid=12 0 # select input +$AUMIX -q cset numid=14 87% # capture volume +$AUMIX -q cset numid=13 1 # turn on capture + +$MENCODER tv:// -tv $TV $VIDEO $AUDIO -endpos $TIME -ffourcc divx -o $NAME & +wait + +$AUMIX -q cset numid=13 0 +$AUMIX -q set Line 0% +$AUMIX -q set Line unmute +}}} + +andy at thecablelounge.com +----- + + = IVTV setup = In order to use the ivtv recording plugin have the following in your local_conf.py: ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Freevo-wikilog mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-wikilog
