[MPlayer-users] Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 7

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:47:45AM -0400, Yan Seiner wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:12, mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 05:36:24AM -0400, Yan Seiner wrote:
> > > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > I am trying to capture a video tape that has Japanese on one channel and
> > > English on the other.  So far, no luck.
> > > 
> > > My bt848 card is a mono card, so I am running the composite signal from
> > > the vcr into the tv card, and the audio into the sound card.  This
> > > works; I get both stereo channels.
> > > 
> > > The problem comes when I want to record Lanuage 1 or Language 2.  I
> > > can't.  I either get nothing, or both channels.
> > 
> > Try using -af pan=1:1:0 or -af pan=1:0:1 to get rid of one of the
> > channels.
> 
> This is a playback option.  I'm really looking for a record option, or a
> playback keyboard command that would cycle through the 4 sound playback
> modes: 1: stereo, 2: mono, 3: left on both channels (Lang 1), and 4:
> right on both channels (Lang 2).

No, this is an option for mplayer or mencoder, which will do exactly
what you want.

> > > and here's my aumix settings:
> > > 
> > > [yan at poseidon MPlayer-20030603]$ cat ~/.aumixrc
> > > vol:55:55:P
> > > pcm:55:55:P
> > > speaker:0:0:P
> > > line:55:55:R
> > > mic:0:0:P
> > > cd:0:0:P
> > > igain:48:48:P
> > > line1:0:0:P
> > > phin:0:0:P
> > > video:0:0:P
> > 
> > Alternatively you could set the line-in volume to 55:0 or 0:55 to shut
> > off one of the channels.
> 
> Yup.  This should work, but I'd still rather control it via mplayer.

Wait, I'm confused now. Do you want to record both channels, and then
pick one to play later? Or do you just want to record one channel??

Rich