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Newer page: version 16 Last edited on Saturday, August 6, 2005 10:59:47 am by ChrisTrotman Revert
Older page: version 15 Last edited on Saturday, May 7, 2005 11:59:38 am by JohnMcPherson Revert
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 You need to specify the channel on the command line. For example, try: 
  mplayer tv://10 -tv driver=v4l2 
 (VHF channel 10 is the frequency that broadcasts TV3 in Hamilton). 
  
-Mplayer can apparently also be used to encode and stream the video and audio across a network. If you figure out how to do this, please update this page. 
+Mplayer can apparently also be used to encode and stream the video and audio across a network. If you figure out how to do this, please update this page. (See Mencoder)  
+  
+!Mencoder  
+Mencoder is part of mplayer, in this example, it will encode straight from the tv device on the channel that has been previously selected by a tv program (see above).  
+ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts pass=1 -o <fileout>.avi  
+Man mencoder for more information. Also for codec listings, replace xvid or mp3lame with "help"  
  
 !Radio 
 See the RadioTuner page.