How to Encode a Video Tape to Mpeg4 (Divx) Under Linux
A video player., A video capture card., A PC running Linux., Lot's of diskspace.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: A video player.
My video is an LG V782NWK -
Step 2: A video capture card.
I'm using a card with the PCI id "Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture"
which is using the bttv driver. , I'm using the Fedora 15, but as the commands are quite generic, any recent distribution should be ok. , The procedure outlines temporarily stores uncompressed video on the harddisk which may occupy several hundred Gigabytes of data, depending on the length of your movie.
A rule of thumb is that you need approx 1G for each minute of the video. -
Step 3: A PC running Linux.
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Step 4: Lot's of diskspace.
Detailed Guide
My video is an LG V782NWK
I'm using a card with the PCI id "Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture"
which is using the bttv driver. , I'm using the Fedora 15, but as the commands are quite generic, any recent distribution should be ok. , The procedure outlines temporarily stores uncompressed video on the harddisk which may occupy several hundred Gigabytes of data, depending on the length of your movie.
A rule of thumb is that you need approx 1G for each minute of the video.
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