From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 08:48:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1E616A4D0 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:48:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A13DA43D62 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:48:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 55243 invoked by uid 16563); 25 Apr 2005 08:48:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO STEVEOHS-LT) ([217.12.14.240]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 25 Apr 2005 08:48:45 -0000 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:48:46 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira Message-Id: <20050425094846.32d60013.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20050423063848.67278.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> References: <20050421021909.28497.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> <20050421102551.12ebb916.steve@sohara.org> <20050421163426.96546.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> <20050422095554.35a3ff26.steve@sohara.org> <20050423063848.67278.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> Organization: Steve O'Hara-Smith X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-pc-interix3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Help with TV capture (mplayer/brooktree/audigy) X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 08:48:47 -0000 On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:38:26 -0300 Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > I'just tried using VCR's RCA<->RCA cable I had lying around. > They are good grade custom made. Image improvement was not noticeable :( OK scratch that idea. > > Well I was hoping you could use an input that didn't require sync > > separation. Other than that the tweaks Jacob Meuser suggested are well > > worth trying. > > Well, if you think it is worth it. I'll order tomorrow > custom made 3 ways shielded cabling with "gold" platet male RCA > connectors. 1 for video and 2 for stereo audio (L/R). I wouldn't bother I've never noticed any improvement with cables like that - except to the vendors bank balance :) > I am still having choking effetcs and, despite, the improvement that I can now record with audigy2; > I have no idea how to tell mplayer to use the proper device :) > > I tried using adevice but it complained hardly For watching TV I usually tell mplayer not to do the audio (-noaudio IIRC - I'm not at my box) and just set the mixer controls so that I can hear it. For recording TV I use ffmpeg. As for the issue of signals - last I checked mplayer had similar grab code to ffmpeg to catch overdue signals. Try a recording with ffmpeg - if it's much better then something bad has happened to the mplayer grab code. If you get a lot of SLEPT messages on stderr then that will be a sure sign of poor sync detection. > I have a sample video using the following options. Let me > know what you think. In case you wonder about copyright issues. I'll watch it tonight - I'm at work now. The video bitrate seems very low. > It's just part of the "you should buy SKY cable, their informercial > channel" and it's a 10 secs sample... shouldn't be an issue. If I'd be very surprised if that were an issue, but IANAL.