[olug] Video Capturing Questions

[Charles Bird]

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On Apr 25, 2012 12:55 PM, "Joseph Gulizia" <joseph.gulizia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello OLUG Brain Trust:
>
> Does anyone know of a USB Video Capture Dongle that works easily with
> mythbuntu and / or VLC to capture broadcast video.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> More information:
>
> I have a work project where I'm trying to set-up a computer to capture
> video recordings from Terrestrial antennas and satellite receiver boxes.
>
> Requirements:
>
> Due Friday
> $300 or less total cost
> Capture in MP-4 H.264 at DVD Quality or better under 2 GB
> adjustable key frame settings
> FTP connection to send files from overseas locations
> Original signals may be .PAL or NTSC or SECAM formats.
>
> I have MythBuntu 11.10 installed on a FoxConn Nettop box Model nT-435H
>
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119051&Tpk=foxconn%20nt435H
>
> 160 GB Internal Hard Drive and 2 GB RAM
>
> Using this thread I found a USB dongle that "supposedly" works with
> linux......
>
> http://easycap.blogspot.com/
>
> Got the dongle.....found out that the dongle I have is #5 on the list....
>
> http://easycap.blogspot.com/p/devices.html
>
> which uses a somagic chip
>
> Here's where problems begin......
>
> Recognizes device using lsusb as
>
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1c88:0007 Somagic, Inc.
>
> Found some answers at
>
> https://github.com/bonybrown/easycap-somagic-linux
>
>
> Copied files listed but having issues:
>
> Do I need ALL of them including logs?
>
> Requires:
> libusb AND libusb-1.0
> mplayer can be used to decode and display the UYVY frames (see below)
>
> Compilation:
> gcc init1.c -o init1 -lusb
> gcc init2.c -o init2 -lusb
> gcc capture.c -o capture -lusb-1.0
>
> Usage:
> * insert EasyCap device
> * sudo ./init1 1c88 0007
> * sudo ./init2 1c88 003c
> * sudo ./capture 1c88 003c  | mplayer -  -demuxer rawvideo -rawvideo
> "w=720:h=576:format=uyvy:fps=25"
> You should now be able to see the captured video.
> Note: init1 and init2 only need to executed once per device power-up.
>
>
>
>
> Also doesn't appear to record sound.....only works in PAL tv format, etc.
>
>
> What I've typed so far:
>
> mythbuntu at mythbuntu-nT435-nT535:~$ sudo apt-get install gcc
> [sudo] password for mythbuntu:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> gcc is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
>
> mythbuntu at mythbuntu-nT435-nT535:~$ gcc init1.c -o init1 -lusb
> gcc: error: init1.c: No such file or directory
>
> mythbuntu at mythbuntu-nT435-nT535:~$ sudo apt-get install libusb
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package libusb
>
> mythbuntu at mythbuntu-nT435-nT535:~$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Note, selecting 'libusb-1.0-0' for regex 'libusb-1.0'
> Note, selecting 'libusb-1.0-0-dev' for regex 'libusb-1.0'
> libusb-1.0-0 is already the newest version.
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  libusb-1.0-0-dev
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
> Need to get 144 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 995 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main libusb-1.0-0-dev
> i386 2:1.0.8-4 [144 kB]
> Fetched 144 kB in 17s (8,285 B/s)
>
> Selecting previously deselected package libusb-1.0-0-dev.
> (Reading database ... 129002 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libusb-1.0-0-dev (from .../libusb-1.0-0-dev_2%3a1.0.8-4_i386.deb)
> ...
> Setting up libusb-1.0-0-dev (2:1.0.8-4) ...
>
>
> Need dmesg or tall?
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