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. > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html