In linux a good alternative would be kaffeine. I have used this with my DVB tuner, but I am not sure if it is suitable for recording.
On 12/28/07, Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 December 2007 09:33, John Meyer wrote: > > I have a TV card and I want to record programs with it. I've tried out > > mythtv, but it seems a little too much for me. Are there any other > > alternatives out there? > > xawtv has a save to avi option. Not sure how good it is. > I use a Windows app (several, actually) if I want to > record video. about the best I've run across so far > (ease of use, cpu overhead, etc) is > Open Video Capture at > http://www.008soft.com/products/video-capture.htm > > It isn't open source and it costs $30 and it doesn't work > with wine. With CIF (320x240) resolution (view and save) > at mpeg4 and a P4/2.4GHz system it uses less than > 20% cpu. I installed it on a doctor's system that runs a > realtime patient data monitoring hardware/software app > that uses about 70% cpu and the video was able to run > concurrently without causing the system to lose any data. > He was tickled at being able to record the video of the > patient and time sync with the data collected. His > sessions run around 7 hours and the video files average > around 2GB, no problem for a dvd-r. > > If you aren't too worried about cpu utilization, kick it up to > D1 resolution and let it fly. This program is the only one that > I found that met all my specs: it has low cpu %, it can be > resized, it has several codecs (or uses those that come with > Windows) and it can be made to stay "on top". > > If you want Linux DVR software, I am sure that something > like ffmpeg and mencoder will read the video device and > output a file but I know not the commands. > > Fred > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Bogdan Cristea -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
