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-VCR-HOWTO - Using your GNU/Linux computer as a VCR
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-!!!VCR-HOWTO - Using your GNU/Linux computer as a VCR
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-!!Brian Hayward, twivel@slothmud.org0.04, 2001-07-30
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-This is a guide to setting up your GNU/Linux workstation as a digital VCR using
-the video4linux driver and a supported tuner card. A section has been added for creating VCD's that can be
-played in any DVD/VCD player as well.''
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-!!1. Introduction
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-****1.1 Copyright
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-****1.2 Disclaimer
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-****1.3 News
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-****1.4 Credits
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-****1.5 Translations
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-!!2. Technologies
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-****2.1 Tuner or Capture Card
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-****2.2 Kernel video4linux driver
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-****2.3 Frame Capture Software
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-!!3. Implementation
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-****3.1 Install and Configure Tuner Card
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-****3.2 Configure xawtv to function properly.
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-****3.3 Install the avifile library
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-****3.4 Installing the VCR frame-grabber program
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-****3.5 Using cron to record your favorite program.
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-!!4. Alternate Recorder - Creating VCD's for playback on DVD/VCD Players
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-****4.1 Introduction to VCD Creation
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-****4.2 Required Hardware for VCD Creation and Playing
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-****4.3 Required Software for VCD Creation
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-****4.4 Procedure for creating a VCD
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-!!5. Further Information
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-****5.1 MyVCR Wrapper Program proposal
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-****5.2 Alternate Recorders
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-****5.3 Recording Results
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-****5.4 Other Suggested Ideas
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-!!6. Getting Help
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-!!7. Concluding Remarks
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-!!8. Questions and Answers
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-!!1. Introduction
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-This is a guide to setting up your GNU/Linux computer as a VCR. Setting up my VCR took a little research, but it
-didn't turn out to be as difficult as I thought. I decided to publish my results so others may benefit from what
-I've done. This is by no means the only method to achieve the same results as there are several applications out
-there that may perform similar tasks. Hopefully any unique procedures for configuring other software or devices
-may be incorporated into this document.
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-!!1.1 Copyright
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-Copyright (c) 2001 by Brian Hayward (Twivel)
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-Please freely copy and distribute (sell or give away) this document in
-any format. It's requested that corrections and/or comments be forwarded
-to the document maintainer. You may create a derivative work and distribute
-it provided that you:
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-****Send your derivative work (in the most suitable format such as
-sgml) to the LDP (Linux Documentation Project) or the like for posting
-on the Internet. If not the LDP, then let the LDP know where it is
-available.
-****
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-****License the derivative work with this same license or use GPL.
-Include a copyright notice and at least a pointer to the license used.
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-****Give due credit to previous authors and major contributors.
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-If you're considering making a derived work other than a translation,
-it's requested that you discuss your plans with the current maintainer.
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-!!1.2 Disclaimer
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-Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any
-potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the
-concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely
-at your own risk.
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-All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted
-otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as
-affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
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-Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
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-You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before
-major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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-!!1.3 News
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-This is the first release. No news yet.
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-The latest version of this document can be found at
-Here.
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-!!1.4 Credits
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-The following individuals either helped me directly or indirectly during the
-process of developing this HOWTO. Several tips that were suggested by these
-people have not been added to this document yet, don't worry - all in good time.
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-david (at) lupercalia.net -- For talking me into learning SGML
-sjgoen (at) nyx.net -- The template for this HOWTO
-knordberg (at) oru.edu -- Help with design and proof reading of this HOWTO
-serge (at) tux.org -- Lots of Tips for expanding the document
-gferg (at) hoop.timonium.sgi.com -- Help with SGML
-remenyi (at) ace-net.com.au -- Suggestions for expanding this document
-nando (at) antunes.eti.br -- Working on Portuguese Translation.
-linuxpe (at) uol.com.br -- Working on Portuguese Translation.
-sam (at) daemoninc.com -- Tips for expanding this document.
-HeikoL77 (at) web.de -- Links to more information.
-Henry.Kingman (at) zdnet.com -- Links to more information on supported video cards.
-aoe (at) mars.tuwien.ac.at -- Alexander provided the section on creating VCD's.
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-!!1.5 Translations
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-Marcio Montenegro was kind enough to translate this document to Portuguese. His translation is available at
-this site. Feel free to translate this document to other
-languages. If you send me a link, I will credit you and include it in this document. Please note that for
-it to be included in the Linux Documentation Project, you will have to provide it in sgml format.
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-!!2. Technologies
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-This section describes the different technologies used to build your own Linux VCR.
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-!!2.1 Tuner or Capture Card
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-You will need to install a supported video4linux capture card in your computer. I currently use the Hauppauge
-WinTV tuner card which I purchased from Best Buy, but many other cards should work just as well. I don't have
-a suggestion for which is best, I can only comment that the one I own works for me.
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-!!2.2 Kernel video4linux driver
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-Many GNU/Linux distributions already provide a Linux kernel that is configured to support video4linux devices.
-The Hauppauge WinTV card is supported by the 'bttv' driver. I have to load two modules into the linux kernel
-to support my card, namely the 'tuner' and 'bttv' modules. Check out the
-V4L homepage for details on
-supported tuner cards. Also check out
-ZDnet Linux Hardware for
-information about Linux tuner cards.
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-!!2.3 Frame Capture Software
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-Recording with your digital VCR of course requires frame capture software. As I become aware of available software
-for capturing audio/video to mpeg/avi formats, I will place it in this list. If you have any suggestions for good
-software please let me know and I'll add it here.
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-!!3. Implementation
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-Now lets go through the steps of actually configuring your computer as a VCR.
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-!!3.1 Install and Configure Tuner Card
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-My particular tuner card required special parameters to the 'tuner' and
-'bttv' modules because it was an older model and wasn't properly auto-detected.
-If you can watch TV through your card via xawtv, then you have correctly
-configured your card. Here are the configuration lines from my /etc/modules.conf
-(or /etc/conf.modules for older distributions).
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-options -k bttv radio=1 card=2
-options -k tuner debug=0 type=6
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-These parameters will vary depending on the model of your card, see the documentation
-found in the linux source (linux/Documentation/video4linux) to figure out exactly
-how to configure your card. I added these modules to /etc/modules so they would
-automatically load on bootup. You can also manually load them with 'modprobe modulename'
-as root. I'm currently using the 2.4.2 kernel, but I have had success with this
-card with all of the 2.2.x kernels as well. Hint: the user may need to have
-ownership of the /dev/video /dev/video0 files (and maybe other devices as well)
-before the tuner card will function. As always, I suggest not running any apps
-as root.
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-!!3.2 Configure xawtv to function properly.
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-You can either use xawtv from a reasonably current distribution, or download
-the source code from the
-xawtv Homepage
-Make sure xawtv functions for your tuner card before proceeding.
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-!Sample .xawtv configuration file.
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-Here is a sample ".xawtv" configuration file. This should be placed within the
-home directory for the user who will be doing the VCR recording. I suggest adding
-presets to your .xawtv file for all channels(-NNN) (even non-existing ones) because you
-will use the "v4lctl" command to switch channels later. This command makes use
-of 'preset number' rather than 'channel number', so it's convenient to have preset
-numbers be the same as actual channel numbers. The following configuration file
-was designed for US-cable, your mileage may vary.
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-[global
]
-freqtab = us-cable
-pixsize = 128 x 96
-pixcols = 1
-jpeg-quality = 75
-mjpeg-quality = 75
-toggle-mouse =
-keypad-ntsc = no
-osd = yes
-# [[Station name]
-# capture = overlay | grabdisplay | on | off
-# input = Television | Composite1 | S-Video | ...
-# norm = PAL | NTSC | SECAM | ...
-# channel = #
-# fine = # (-128..+127)
-# key = keysym | modifier+keysym
-# color = #
-# bright = #
-# hue = #
-# contrast = #
-[[defaults]
-norm = NTSC
-capture = over
-input = Television
-[[CH0 ]
-channel =
-fine =
-[[CH1 1]
-channel = 1
-fine =
-[[CH2 2]
-channel = 2
-fine =
-[[CH3 3]
-channel = 3
-fine =
-[[CH4 4]
-channel = 4
-fine =
-[[CH5 5]
-channel = 5
-fine =
-[[CH6 6]
-channel = 6
-fine =
-[[CH7 7]
-channel = 7
-fine =
-[[CH8 8]
-channel = 8
-fine =
-[[CH9 9]
-channel = 9
-fine =
-[[CH10 10]
-channel = 10
-fine =
-[[CH11 11]
-channel = 11
-fine =
-[[CH12 12]
-channel = 12
-fine =
-[[CH13 13]
-channel = 13
-fine =
-[[CH14 14]
-channel = 14
-fine =
-[[CH15 15]
-channel = 15
-fine =
-[[CH16 16]
-channel = 16
-fine =
-[[CH17 17]
-channel = 17
-fine =
-[[CH18 18]
-channel = 18
-fine =
-[[CH19 19]
-channel = 19
-fine =
-[[CH20 20]
-channel = 20
-fine =
-[[CH21 21]
-channel = 21
-fine =
-[[CH22 22]
-channel = 22
-fine =
-[[CH23 23]
-channel = 23
-fine =
-[[CH24 24]
-channel = 24
-fine =
-[[CH25 25]
-channel = 25
-fine =
-[[CH26 26]
-channel = 26
-fine =
-[[CH27 27]
-channel = 27
-fine =
-[[CH28 28]
-channel = 28
-fine =
-[[CH29 29]
-channel = 29
-fine =
-[[CH30 30]
-channel = 30
-fine =
-[[CH31 31]
-channel = 31
-fine =
-[[CH32 32]
-channel = 32
-fine =
-[[CH33 33]
-channel = 33
-fine =
-[[CH34 34]
-channel = 34
-fine =
-[[CH35 35]
-channel = 35
-fine =
-[[CH36 36]
-channel = 36
-fine =
-[[CH37 37]
-channel = 37
-fine =
-[[CH38 38]
-channel = 38
-fine =
-[[CH39 39]
-channel = 39
-fine =
-[[CH40 40]
-channel = 40
-fine =
-[[CH41 41]
-channel = 41
-fine =
-[[CH42 42]
-channel = 42
-fine =
-[[CH43 43]
-channel = 43
-fine =
-[[CH44 44]
-channel = 44
-fine =
-[[CH45 45]
-channel = 45
-fine =
-[[CH46 46]
-channel = 46
-fine =
-[[CH47 47]
-channel = 47
-fine =
-[[CH48 48]
-channel = 48
-fine =
-[[CH49 49]
-channel = 49
-fine =
-[[CH50 50]
-channel = 50
-fine =
-[[CH51 51]
-channel = 51
-fine =
-[[CH52 52]
-channel = 52
-fine =
-[[CH53 53]
-channel = 53
-fine =
-[[CH54 54]
-channel = 54
-fine =
-[[CH55 55]
-channel = 55
-fine =
-[[CH56 56]
-channel = 56
-fine =
-[[CH57 57]
-channel = 57
-fine =
-[[CH58 58]
-channel = 58
-fine =
-[[CH59 59]
-channel = 59
-fine =
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-!!3.3 Install the avifile library
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-Download the latest avifile package from
-DiVX :-) Homepage.
-You will need avifile-.5x and binaries-xxxxxx.zip. You should extract the binaries to
-/usr/lib/win32. The next section describes compiling and installing avifile-.53-5.
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-!Compiling and installing avifile-.53-5
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-# tar xvfz avifile-.53-5.tar.gz
-# cd avifile-.53-5
-# ./configure
-# make
-# make install
-# mkdir /usr/lib/win32
-# cd /usr/lib/win32
-# unzip /path/to/binaries-010122.zip
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-You will need to be root for the make install step to work.
-If you receive any errors, they were probably due to a missing dependency during
-the configure step. Resolve any dependencies and try again. This should work
-smoothly on any recent distribution that was installed with 'development' tools.
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-!!3.4 Installing the VCR frame-grabber program
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-You can get the latest vcr program (vcr-1.07 at the time I wrote this) from
-The VCR Homepage.
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-!Compiling and installing vcr-1.07
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-You will need to be root for the make install step to work.
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-# tar xvfz vcr-1.07.tar.gz
-# cd vcr-1.07
-# ./configure
-# make
-# make install
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-!Sample .vcrrc configuration file
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-By default, vcr installs everything into /usr/local (unless you changed the
-prefix on the ./configure line). You can now read the man page for
-vcr with: 'man -M/usr/local/man vcr'. This is where I got the initial
-.vcrrc file. I configured this one for my needs and added the same presets
-to this file as I did with the .xawtv file. If you think these files look
-similar, it's because vcr was originally based on the xawtv code base.
-Here is the .vcrrc I use: (note that the new 'audiobitrate' parameter means
-record audio in mp3 format at the specified bitrate. mp3 audio is MUCH! smaller
-than PCM audio that vcr records by default. 30 minutes = 113 megs for mp3 instead
-of 240megs for PCM!).
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-[[defaults]
-quality = 95
-keyframes = 15
-codec = DivX ;-) low-motion
-attributes = !BitRate=1600
-source = Television
-norm = ntsc
-verbose = 1
-freqtab = us-cable
-audiofrequency=44
-audiobitrate=64
-resolution=384
-framerate = 29.97
-grabdevice=/dev/video0
-[[CH0 ]
-channel =
-fine =
-[[CH1 1]
-channel = 1
-fine =
-[[CH2 2]
-channel = 2
-fine =
-[[CH3 3]
-channel = 3
-fine =
-[[CH4 4]
-channel = 4
-fine =
-[[CH5 5]
-channel = 5
-fine =
-[[CH6 6]
-channel = 6
-fine =
-[[CH7 7]
-channel = 7
-fine =
-[[CH8 8]
-channel = 8
-fine =
-[[CH9 9]
-channel = 9
-fine =
-[[CH10 10]
-channel = 10
-fine =
-[[CH11 11]
-channel = 11
-fine =
-[[CH12 12]
-channel = 12
-fine =
-[[CH13 13]
-channel = 13
-fine =
-[[CH14 14]
-channel = 14
-fine =
-[[CH15 15]
-channel = 15
-fine =
-[[CH16 16]
-channel = 16
-fine =
-[[CH17 17]
-channel = 17
-fine =
-[[CH18 18]
-channel = 18
-fine =
-[[CH19 19]
-channel = 19
-fine =
-[[CH20 20]
-channel = 20
-fine =
-[[CH21 21]
-channel = 21
-fine =
-[[CH22 22]
-channel = 22
-fine =
-[[CH23 23]
-channel = 23
-fine =
-[[CH24 24]
-channel = 24
-fine =
-[[CH25 25]
-channel = 25
-fine =
-[[CH26 26]
-channel = 26
-fine =
-[[CH27 27]
-channel = 27
-fine =
-[[CH28 28]
-channel = 28
-fine =
-[[CH29 29]
-channel = 29
-fine =
-[[CH30 30]
-channel = 30
-fine =
-[[CH31 31]
-channel = 31
-fine =
-[[CH32 32]
-channel = 32
-fine =
-[[CH33 33]
-channel = 33
-fine =
-[[CH34 34]
-channel = 34
-fine =
-[[CH35 35]
-channel = 35
-fine =
-[[CH36 36]
-channel = 36
-fine =
-[[CH37 37]
-channel = 37
-fine =
-[[CH38 38]
-channel = 38
-fine =
-[[CH39 39]
-channel = 39
-fine =
-[[CH40 40]
-channel = 40
-fine =
-[[CH41 41]
-channel = 41
-fine =
-[[CH42 42]
-channel = 42
-fine =
-[[CH43 43]
-channel = 43
-fine =
-[[CH44 44]
-channel = 44
-fine =
-[[CH45 45]
-channel = 45
-fine =
-[[CH46 46]
-channel = 46
-fine =
-[[CH47 47]
-channel = 47
-fine =
-[[CH48 48]
-channel = 48
-fine =
-[[CH49 49]
-channel = 49
-fine =
-[[CH50 50]
-channel = 50
-fine =
-[[CH51 51]
-channel = 51
-fine =
-[[CH52 52]
-channel = 52
-fine =
-[[CH53 53]
-channel = 53
-fine =
-[[CH54 54]
-channel = 54
-fine =
-[[CH55 55]
-channel = 55
-fine =
-[[CH56 56]
-channel = 56
-fine =
-[[CH57 57]
-channel = 57
-fine =
-[[CH58 58]
-channel = 58
-fine =
-[[CH59 59]
-channel = 59
-fine =
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-!!3.5 Using cron to record your favorite program.
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-You may want to verify vcr will record your program before setting up cron to
-record your programs. You can test this by doing "vcr -t 2m test.avi", then
-try to play back that two-minute sample using aviplay. Note that you will need to add
-'/usr/local/bin' to your path and '/usr/local/lib' to your ld library path for this
-to work properly. It was also suggested that you can use 'at' to record your
-program as well, this may be useful for times when you just want to record a
-program once at a specific time, but not regularly. Here is a sample shell
-script that can be called from cron:
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-!Sample cron shell script
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-This is a very simple script that merely switches to a channel and records
-sixty minutes of a program to a date oriented filename. Place this in $HOME/bin
-of the user who will actually do the recording - since I am going to run it at
-6pm, I'll call it recordshow6pm.sh.
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-#!/bin/sh
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
-export PATH
-DATE=`date +%m%d%y`
-FILENAME=/path/to/myshow-6pm-$DATE.avi
-v4lctl setstation 3
-vcr -t 60m $FILENAME
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-!Calling the script from cron
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-Now it's time to call it from cron, monday through friday at 6pm. To do this,
-run the crontab -e command as the correct user and enter the following line:
-
-00 18 * * 1-5 /home/username/bin/recordshow6pm.sh
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-!Calling the script from at
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-If you'd rather call the script from at, for one-time execution, you may instead do this:
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-at -f /home/username/bin/recordshow6pm.sh 18:00
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-!!4. Alternate Recorder - Creating VCD's for playback on DVD/VCD Players
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-!!4.1 Introduction to VCD Creation
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-I must thank Alexander Oelzant for creating this portion of the VCR-HOWTO. His original version
-is located at:
-README.bttv2mpeg.
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-After recording shows on my computer for a while, I realized it was much nicer to watch
-the shows on my full-sized television set than to watch them on my computer monitor.
-There are two options for doing this: 1) Purchase a video card with TV-OUT and run a cable
-to my television. or 2) Create a VCD and play it in my DVD Player. Since CD-R and CD-RW media
-is really cheap I decided to go this route.
-
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-This section could theoretically be done in a different HOWTO because it uses a different
-method for recording/converting than the other sections of the VCR-HOWTO use. This is primarily
-because I haven't figured out how to create VCD compatible mpeg's using vcr. If your goal is to
-create VCD's, use this section of the HOWTO. If you don't care about VCD's, completely ignore
-this section of the howto because these procedures require MUCH MORE disk space than using vcr
-to record for playing under linux.
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-!!4.2 Required Hardware for VCD Creation and Playing
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-1)A linux supported CD writer.
-2)A bttv compatible TV Tuner Card (WinTV is one good example)
-3)A VCD player or DVD Player
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-!!4.3 Required Software for VCD Creation
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-This is one method for creating VCD's under linux. If you have a better method, please let me know.
-The following list of software contains the versions I found to work well for me under Red Hat 7.1.
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-1)!NuppelVideo .52a (nuvrec must be setuid root)
-2)exportvideo 7e-pre4 (must be this version or later)
-3)mjpegtools 1.4.1 (installed rpm found on rpmfind.net)
-4)toolame 02h
-5)mplex 1.1
-6)vcdimager .6.2 (installed rpm found on rpmfind.net)
-7)cdrdao 1.1.4 (rpm from redhat 7.1)
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-!!4.4 Procedure for creating a VCD
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-1)nuvrec -t _NUM_m _filename_
-_NUM_m = size. E.g. 30m = 30 minutes.
-2)nuvplay -e _filename_.nuv | toolame -b 224 -m s /dev/stdin _filename_.mp2
-3)exportvideo _filename_.nuv "|mpeg2enc -o _filename_.m1v"_
-4)mplex -f 1 -s 2324 -p 1 -o _filename_.mpg _filename_.m1v _filename_.mp2_
-5)vcdimager -l "Movie Title" -c _filename_.cue -b _filename_.bin _filename_.mpg_
-6)cdrdao write --device _your_device_ _filename_.cue_
-7)Eject the cd-r, stick it in the vcd player, press play and enjoy._
-8)File Sizes From each step for 30 minutes of data._
-Bytes Filename Created from step? Can Delete after Step?
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-1391756119 finefilm.nuv 1) nuvrec 2) toolame and 3) mpeg2enc
-50401280 finefilm.mp2 2) toolame 4) mplex
-259097824 finefilm.m1v 3) mpeg2enc 4) mplex
-313793452 finefilm.mpg 4) mplex 5) vcdimager
-120 finefilm.cue 5) vcdimager 6) cdrdao
-318808896 finefilm.bin 5) vcdimager 6) cdrdao
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-Total approx 2.3g for 30 minutes of sample data.
-If you delete previous files after the appropriate steps, max used space
-for 30 minutes of data was 1.7gb.
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-!!5. Further Information
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-In this section, you'll find more information on additional utilities or ideas for making a VCR
-work under Linux.
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-!!5.1 MyVCR Wrapper Program proposal
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-We need a wrapper program that provides us with the ability to do the following things (from a main menu)
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-****Archive recorded shows to CDR/CDRW/DVDRAM
-****
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-****Play Recorded shows (From hard disk or prompt for the media!)
-****
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-****Set record times for recording shows - use tvguide.com as a source for showtimes. A program
-that accesses tvguide.com for showtimes is:
-tvguide.com perl program
-****
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-****Be fully configurable to used preferred recorder/player.
-****
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-****See
-Kvdr as a possible place to start.
-****
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-!!5.2 Alternate Recorders
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-Slow-CPU Capture Program
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-Vstream
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-Qdvt
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-!!5.3 Recording Results
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-****Serge Wroclawski - 200mhz CPU is not fast enough.
-****
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-****Brian Hayward - 900mhz Duron is fast enough.
-****
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-****Brian Hayward - 875mhz Duron is fast enough.
-****
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-****Stephen Moore - 500mhz Celeron CPU is not fast enough.
-****
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-!!5.4 Other Suggested Ideas
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-****Describe recording from FM Tuner (radio) card and piping it to oggvorbiz or mp3encoder.
-****
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-****Cable Descramblers:
-fscktv and
-CableTV.
-****
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-****Figure out how to implement
-VCR+
-****
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-****Check out the
-Video Disk Recorder Project -
-build your own digital satellite receiver.
-****
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-****Check out the
-LinuxTV project.
-****
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-****A Menu Driven Video Recorder:
-Kvdr
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-!!6. Getting Help
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-Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. For product specific
-questions, you may also make use of resources for the specific application.
-As always, read the documentation for each product before contacting someone.
-I may be contacted at
-twivel@slothmud.org.
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-!!7. Concluding Remarks
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-I hope this document has been helpful. If you have any ideas or improvements
-to this document, please feel free to contact me.
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-!!8. Questions and Answers
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-This is just a collection of what I believe are the most common
-questions people might have. Give me more feedback and I will
-turn this section into a proper FAQ.
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-****Q:Why don't I get audio when playing back recorded programs?
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-A: This could be due to several things. In order for audio recording to work,
-you must have the tuner card send output to the 'line-in' on your sound card.
-You must also use the mixer to enable the line-in on the sound card (if you hear
-sound while recording the show, it is probably enabled). I used to have my tuner
-card sound sent to my stereo receiver instead of the sound card, which was why I
-didn't get sound. Finally, it may be that the sound was record properly, but your
-sound device is in use by another program (esd, licq, xmms, etc).
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-****Q: Why is my video very jumpy?
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-A: This may be due to a slow CPU. I currently haven't determined the exact
-requirements for recording with this method, I'm hoping user feedback will help
-me figure out what CPU is indeed required. I have a Duron 700 that seems to work
-fine, but I've heard that people with a 200-500mhz processor are unable to get
-smooth video.
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-****Q: Why is the audio/video out of sync?
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-A: This may be due to an incorrect FPS setting for your video type. For NTSC
-you will want to use 29.97. For PAL you will want to use 25. I still don't
-get perfect audio/video synchronization - but I can live with it. Hopefully this
-will improve over time
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+Describe
[HowToVCRHOWTO
] here
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