[MPlayer-users] How to use mencoder as a "tivo"

[James Lancaster]

On Wednesday 27 November 2002 04:50, you wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Once upon a time Manolis Tzanidakis said...
>
> > Hello,
> > I really enjoyed the thread "tv card basics" and I'm (almost)
> > successfully using mencoder to record tv programs to divx with the
> > following command :
> >
> > # mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:channel=$1 -ovc lavc
> > -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=650:vme=5 -vop pp=lb -oac mp3lame
> > -lameopts vbr=0:br=64:aq=9:mode=3 -ofps 25
> >
> > However this doesn't record any sound. I have connected tv card's audio
> > out to my sblive's input (mixer tab: line) & I can hear audio with
> > xawtv & mplayer -tv. Anyone knows how to also record audio ?
>
> You've probably got a mixer value muted. I think there are two mixer
> settings for input - one is the volume of the line in as it will be
> passed to line out. The other is the recording level. I'm guessing that
> you've got the recording level set to zero. I'm using ALSA on my sblive
> and I've got to set the "Capture" mixer element > 0 to record sound.

On oss it is line-in (passthrough) and IGain (record)

(Encountered just this problem on one recording (fortunatly, was recording 
from a tape))

James L

>
> > Last but not least how can I tell mencoder to rec for a specified time,
> > i.e. 40 mins ? I wanna run it w/ crontab to rec my favorite shows
> > automatically...
>
> -endpos - see the man page for the syntax of the value. (I use HH:MM:SS)
>
> 40 minutes would be "-endpos 00:40:00"
>
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