[OT] preferred video apps?

[OT] preferred video apps?

[Randy Dunlap]

Hi,

Sorry for a non-kernel question, but I'd like to get some suggestions
on video recording and editing software, please.

If it matters, this is mostly for recording & editing sports events (matches).

Reply privately if you prefer ...

thanks,
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~Randy
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Re: [OT] preferred video apps?

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for a non-kernel question, but I'd like to get some suggestions
> on video recording and editing software, please.
> 
> If it matters, this is mostly for recording & editing sports events (matches).
> 
> Reply privately if you prefer ...

Please, _do_not_ reply privately ;) 

We should build a relation of the userspace applications we need to care when 
testing for regressions, so, this is not OT. It would be nice to hear what are
the preferred open source applications.

>From my side, those are the applications I use:
	analog: xawtv 3, xawtv 4, tvtime, mencoder, ffmpeg

Only mencoder and ffmpeg can record - but xawtv (and xdtv) call them.

On digital side, I use kaffeine, gnutv and vlc. Kaffeine and gnutv can record. 
Not sure about vlc.

mplayer is capable of working with both analog and digital (and, by consequence,
mencoder).

Although I don't use, mythtv and vdr are also very popular applications. AFAIK,
both have record support.

-- 

Cheers,
Mauro

Re: [OT] preferred video apps?

[vincent.mcintyre]

On 1/05/10 10:48 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

> Please, _do_not_ reply privately ;)
>

I've found VLC useful for testing reception quality "by eye",
though it's not obvious how to force usage of a particular tuner.
I am pretty sure it can record.

Also '{c,s,t}zap' ow w-zap are helpful for quick tests of basic 
functionality like tuning, and with the signaltest.pl script
( http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_reception_quality)

I use MythTV in 'production' but I find it a bit clumsy for testing with.

Cheers
Vince

Re: [OT] preferred video apps?

[Stefan Kost]

On 01.05.2010 03:48, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Randy Dunlap wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for a non-kernel question, but I'd like to get some suggestions
>> on video recording and editing software, please.
>>
>> If it matters, this is mostly for recording & editing sports events (matches).
>>
>> Reply privately if you prefer ...
>>     
> Please, _do_not_ reply privately ;) 
>
> We should build a relation of the userspace applications we need to care when 
> testing for regressions, so, this is not OT. It would be nice to hear what are
> the preferred open source applications.
>
> From my side, those are the applications I use:
> 	analog: xawtv 3, xawtv 4, tvtime, mencoder, ffmpeg
>
> Only mencoder and ffmpeg can record - but xawtv (and xdtv) call them.
>   
gstreamer can record too :) A few examples:

stream to screen:
gst-launch v4l2src ! xvimagesink

capture 1 image
gst-launch v4l2src num-buffers=1 ! jpegenc ! filesink location="test.jpeg"

stream to screen and capture video (-e is needed to terminate video on
ctrl-c)
gst-launch -e v4l2src ! tee name=t ! queue ! xvimagesink t. !
ffenc_mpeg4 ! avimux ! filesink location="video.avi"

same as before, but select resolution and framerate
gst-launch -e v4l2src !
"video/x-raw-yuv,width=320,height=240,framerate=(fraction)15/1" ! tee
name=t ! queue ! xvimagesink t. ! ffenc_mpeg4 ! avimux ! filesink
location="video.avi"

(see man gst-launch-0.10 for more examples)

Stefan
> On digital side, I use kaffeine, gnutv and vlc. Kaffeine and gnutv can record. 
> Not sure about vlc.
>
> mplayer is capable of working with both analog and digital (and, by consequence,
> mencoder).
>
> Although I don't use, mythtv and vdr are also very popular applications. AFAIK,
> both have record support.
>
>   

Re: [OT] preferred video apps?

[deb]

On 05/01/2010 02:48 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> On digital side, I use kaffeine, gnutv and vlc. Kaffeine and gnutv can record.
> Not sure about vlc.
vlc can too. Check "advance controls" in the menu "View" to get the nice 
red button :-)