be prepared

• apt-get install libpopt-dev
• apt-get install libdv-dev
• download transcode-0.6.1 here

tv-card (v4l) in mpeg2:

• transcode -i /dev/video0 --import_v4l 0 -y mpeg2enc,mp2enc -F 4 -Z 480x576 -E 44100 -b 128 -o test

• check out transcode --more_help import_v4l

• transcode -i /dev/video0 -p /dev/dsp -x v4l,v4l -y divx4 -V --import_v4l 0 -u 100 --record_v4l 0-1800 -o test.avi
• transcode -i /dev/video0 -p /dev/dsp -x v4l,v4l -y divx4 -V --import_v4l 0 -u 100 -J preview --record_v4l 0-10 -o test.avi

• transcode -i /dev/video0 -p /dev/dsp -x v4l,v4l -y mpeg2enc,mp2enc -V --import_v4l 0 -u 100 -J preview --record_v4l 0-10 -o test.avi

• lavrec --input=p --audio-source=l --software-encoding --geometry=352x288 --quality=80 --time=960 -s outfile.avi

Best results:

• avirec -c"DivX ;-) Low-Motion"  -t 3600 test.avi

-- MatthiasWientapper - 22 Sep 2002

related stuff:

• VideoTranscoding