Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:18:26 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: homemade PVR questions Message-ID: <20060326121826.d0e4da64.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <063104E3-F7FA-4260-92F9-9A75D3B9C874@netmusician.org> <200603251533.54375.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:33:49 -0500
Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca> wrote:
> I have a WinTV card and I can record with transcode (also possible with
> mencoder) but the problem is that whenever bktr (the wintv driver) is opened
> for read, the TV audio that is fed from my WinTV to my sound card thru
> the "line in" port is heard.
>
> That means that I can record a show (audio/video) correctly, but at the cost
> of hearing the audio while it is recording. Obviously annoying unless I turn
> off my speakers, and I haven't found a way around (playing with mixer to turn
> down the volume obviously turns down the recorded volume too).
It shouldn't - my vcr script (using ffmpeg) adjusts the mixer
settings like this:
mixer vol 0
mixer line 100
mixer igain 100
mixer =rec line
Result silence and a perfect recording.
I have seen various names for igain on different sound cards but
never had any problems with vol reduced to 0.
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