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To: Charles Henri-Pierre <Henri-Pierre.Charles@teaser.fr>
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Subject: Re: Record TV with fxtv
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Charles Henri-Pierre <Henri-Pierre.Charles@teaser.fr> types:
> Hello,
> I try to record TV program with fxtv, the compression fail with this message :
> ======FRAMES READ:  54
> ::STATUS:: 0
> ::EXEC:: sox -t raw -s -w -c 2 -r 44100 test.AUDraw -t aiff -s -w test.aiff && 
> mpeg_musicin -l 2 -p 1 test.aiff test.mp2
> >>> Using Audio IFF sound file headers
> Sound data is not PCM in "test.aiff".
> ::STATUS:: 1
> 
> Command Failed:
>   sox -t raw -s -w -c 2 -r 44100 test.AUDraw -t aiff -s -w test.aiff && 
> mpeg_musicin -l 2 -p 1 test.aiff test.mp2
> Conversion Aborted.
> 
> Any idea ? 

Here are my patches to fxtv_cnvt.sh. It fixes this problem. It also
changes the bit rate to one suitable for using with VCDs, which is
part of the point of recording from the TV for me. Mailing VCDs back
and forth beats mailing cassettes or VHS tapes back and forth hollow.

	<mike

==== //depot/hosts/guru/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fxtv/fxtv_cnvt.sh#3 - /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fxtv/fxtv_cnvt.sh ====
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@
 
    # Do we need an intermediate file?
    if [ $mpeg_enc = YES ]; then
+      out_soxfn="$out_fnbase.wav"
+      out_soxfmt="WAV"
-      out_soxfn="$out_fnbase.aiff"
-      out_soxfmt="AIFF"
    else
       out_soxfn="$GAout_fn"
       out_soxfmt="$out_fmt"
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
    # Generate MPEG-2/3 encode pipe
    if [ $mpeg_enc = YES ]; then
       if [ $out_fmt = MPEG2 ]; then
+         cmd="$cmd && $PATH_MPEG_MUSICIN -l 2 -p 1 -b 224 $out_soxfn $GAout_fn"
-         cmd="$cmd && $PATH_MPEG_MUSICIN -l 2 -p 1 $out_soxfn $GAout_fn"
       else
          cmd="$cmd && $PATH_MPEG_MUSICIN -l 3 -p 2 $out_soxfn $GAout_fn"
       fi

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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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