On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 21:42 -0600, Tom Poe wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > I have a Pinnacle dvc-80 gadget that takes output from a vcr and into > > USB. In Windows, I can capture output with this device. Now I'm > > wondering if I can make it work in Linux. I need software to do the > > capturing. > > > > I load the module for v4l and in dmesg I see that the device is found > > and registered: > > > > USBVision[1]: registered USBVision Video device /dev/video1 [v4l2] > > USBVision[1]: registered USBVision VBI device /dev/vbi1 [v4l2] (Not > > Working Yet!) > > usbcore: registered new interface driver usbvision > > > > > > I am guessing that sets me up to do video capture, but i can't find > > software that can do the capture on USB. In kino, it seems to insist > > that only firewire can be used. > > > > If you can advise me of a way to capture this video input. I gather > > the input should be stored as avi or mpg in order to fit my goal, > > which is to write it on a DVD. > > > > PJ > > > You might find you can modify this command to your system, and test your device. > ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -s 320x240 -i /dev/video0 -f oss -ac 2 -i /dev/dsp -f mp4 a.mp4 > Good luck, Paul, let us know if that works, please? Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
