[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Erwin.D.Mascardo wrote: > > >> >> Our goal here is to use Helix Producer to capture video in >> .rm format, and possibly also Darwin for Quicktime videos. > > Honestly, if you're trying to live-encode video into something other than > MPEG2, you may be using the wrong card for the job. The PVR-xxx cards all > output MPEG2 as their primary datastream. The functionality does exist to > grab raw frames and audio (AFAIK), but there are limitations and I don't > think Helix will like them very much (lack of an audio device, for one, > and I seem to remember some trouble with audio/video sync, but it's been > a while since I tried it). > > You may be better off using something BT8x8 or CX2388x based; that is, > just a raw framegrabber that'll feed frames into the Helix encoder - and > have a /dev/dspX device to record synced audio from as well. > > Right now I'm using Hauppauge's ImpactVCB for a similar application to > yours. No tuner, but several composite and S-Video inputs and decent > picture quality. BT8x8 based so it's fully Linux supported (and a real > /dev/dspX audio device to record from). > > Thank you all for your responses. We're now looking at going with VLC rather than Helix for the software solution, since VLC can handle input from an MPEG encoder, and we're not too keen on dropping a couple of thousand bucks on hardware (framegrabbers, sound cards, and SATA drives) for what was supposed to be a two-day project.
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