Recording analog video (with USB frame grabber device)

[Nils Kassube]

Christian Jaeger wrote:
> We're trying to record analog video using a device bought from LIDL
> [1], using the instructions from the referenced page made it work
> without problems in the sense that mplayer can show the video, VLC
> can show video and sound, and some other programs also can show video
> and/or sound. (There's quite a horrible 50Hz hum on the audio,
> though, depending on how the cables are laid out. Well, quality.)
> 
> [1]
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/SilverCrest_USB_2.0_Video_Grabber_SV
> G_2.0_A2

> What programs are you using for recording, and subsequent cutting of
> analog video? It would be nice to do both in the same program, but
> using separate programs is ok, too.

You could try xawtv which I used to record TV stations when we still had 
analog TV. You can record as AVI file and cut it with avidemux.


Nils