>> Hi group >> >> I've been using mplayer's Mencoder to encode streams from my WinTV NovaT >> card on the fly, with varied results. I start a tzap to tune the card, >> then mencode it. > > > > why don't you use directly > > $ mencoder dvb:// ... > > instead? ...snip Not sure how to get this working : [file] No filename Failed to open dvb:// Cannot open file/device. >> ...and nothing further. No "TS file format detected", no avi created, no >> nothing!! >> >> How come? > > > nothing is coming out of the card. Maybe the card isn't locking the > frequency It looks ok : [root@media ~]# /root/bin/tzap -c /root/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'five' using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 561833330 Hz video pid 0x0000, audio pid 0x0caa status 01 | signal 3838 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 | status 01 | signal 3939 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal 3a3a | snr ffd6 | ber 00000029 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 0000000b | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK >> 2) Has anyone had any luck changing the aspect with Mencoder? The avi >> is too vertically stretched. I had tried the following >> mencoder /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 -force-avi-aspect 3.0 -ovc lavc -lavcopts >> vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /usr/video/Test25-9_2_280405.avi > > what does mplayer say when you play it? 3.0 is allowed but a bit strange, > though hmm, not sure. Am recording samples on the linux box and watching them on Windows Media Player Classic. Another weird thing, even though I'm "-force-avi-aspect 3.0", I'm getting the following : [root@media video]#file Test_asp3_280405.avi Test_asp3_280405.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 704 x 576, 25.00 fps, video: DivX 4, audio: (stereo, 48000 Hz) And, "-force-avi-aspect 2.0", I'm getting the following : [root@media video]# file Test_asp2_280405.avi Test_asp2_280405.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 704 x 576, 25.00 fps, video: DivX 4, audio: (stereo, 48000 Hz) Should the resolutions be the same with a different aspects?
