[mythtv-users] cat /dev/video > test.mpg
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Feb 1 18:59:24 UTC 2006
On Wednesday 01 February 2006 13:45, Dave Bixler wrote:
> If my capture card is operating properly, would:
>
> cat /dev/video > test.mpg
>
> produce a valid MPEG file? The capture card I'm using is a Hauppauge
> WinTV Go Plus.
No. You have a simple framegrabber card; it does not encode into MPEG.
To test it, use xawtv or tvtime.
> The reason I'm asking is that the file that is produced does not seem
> to be valid. Would this, therefore, be a symptom of a larger
> problem?
Yes. The larger problem being that you're trying to use the card like
you would use a PVR-250 or similar card. It won't work that way.
-JAC
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