[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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