Rishi Gangoly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 17 February 2003 6:40 pm, quasi wrote: > > www.xvid.org > > > > From their FAQ : "XviD is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec. It's no > > product, it's an open source project which is developed and maintained by > > lots of people from all over the world." > > > > mplayer plays files encoded with xvid. > > > Yeah but how does one dump the video from a VHS tape onto a computer? You > need a hardware video / audio encoder right? > > Or do you guys know something I don't?
Probably. A VCR/VCP for playing the VHS tape and a video capture card will do the trick. Most of the TV tuner cards also have video capture capablities. Even if you have to use M$ Windows, the final result can be an non-propieratory one. www.virtualdub.org : Virtualdub is an open source program which runs on windows which can be used to convert from mpeg -> avi. The avi can use completely non-propieratory codecs : audio - ogg vorbis and for video xvid(mpeg4). > Even in our office we have some card called SNAZZI that works on Windoze > only. I checked for drivers for GNU/Linux ... no joy. Well the important point here is the end result, which should be non-propieratory. The process could be run on any system though. Xvid have win32 binaries FYI. -- quasi Utopia Unlimited! -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
