From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 26 11:22:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org 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 3320F16A401 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:22:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7225343D68 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:22:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 61237 invoked by uid 16563); 26 Mar 2006 11:22:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df1.marelmo.com) ([194.165.166.130]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 26 Mar 2006 11:22:14 -0000 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:18:26 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.2 (GTK+ 2.8.14; i386-pc-dragonfly) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: homemade PVR questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:22:17 -0000 On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:33:49 -0500 Nicolas Blais 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. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/