How to capture video from TV card

[Carsten Aulbert (list)]

Hi

Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Hi. I have a wintv card and I would like to know how to capture the the 
> input and save it as a video file. I use tvtime to view it, but I want 
> to capture more than just a screenshot (video and sound would be great). 
> Is there any way to do that with Ubuntu Feisty? Thanks!
> 

Depending on the card you can simply use

cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/videofile.mpg

If it's an old winTV card you will not get an mpeg encoded file but a
much larger file out of it - if it works with those cards. But I believe
xawtv has a way to save a stream as well, though I have never used it.

MythTV is an option but quite a bit of overkill for simply recording the
stream.

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HTH & Greetings

Carsten