[TriLUG] Video capture and burn (to DVD)

[Roy Vestal]

Guess I should have been a little more specific in my hardware. I 
currently am using a laptop, I don't have a desktop running at this 
point that I can use. I also have an older Hi8 camera (top of the line 
when it was built).

I'm not really looking to do more than keep the same quality and be able 
to transfer it to DVD.

Pat Regan wrote:

>Roy Vestal wrote:
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>>I want to be able to capture either the S-Video or RCA out of my 
>>camcorder and burn to DVD. I'm not really wanting to get into "Pro" 
>>stuff, but I want really good quality.
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>>The fun part is I need this to work on a laptop if possible. I have a 
>>dual head video card in my desktop, and I really don't want to replace 
>>it. Is there an S-Video card or something USB that works well under 
>>Linux. I was looking at the "Dazzle" brand stuff, but I've seen mixed 
>>reviews and I haven't been able to find any refs to Linux.
>>
>>Also, are there any "howtos" on writing video to DVD under linux? I've 
>>only been using DVD for data storage at this point.
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>The Hauppauge PVR-150 is a very nice card.  I just recently set up a
>MythTV box for my girlfriend using one.  I think this is the one we ordered:
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>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00064GI2O/103-2629179-0341447?v=glance&n=172282&n=507846&s=electronics&v=glance
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>I believe I had to compile the Beta ivtv drivers to make it work, and it
>has been running like a champ for a month or two.
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>It is a hardware based mpeg2 encoder.  It does a much better job than
>half dozen different bttv based cards I have used over the years.  When
>I was setting up the card I was cable to capture test video clips by doing:
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>cat /dev/video > test.mpg
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>ivtv came with scripts to set channels and bitrate, and I assume it
>works with most video4linux software.  Once it was working I didn't use
>it for anything but MythTV.  This weekend I am planning on copying an
>old VHS tape for my father, I can let you know what I use for that when
>it is done.
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>Pat
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