Linux Video Grab Howto

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This is an howto about how to deal with old analog tapes (VHS, Video8, Hi-8), how to correcty capture them in digital format.

Hardware notes

bttv.o driver

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saa7134 driver missing or not loaded

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FIREWIRE

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How to deal with vlc segfaults

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No Audio on grabbing /dev/video

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Out of sync images on /dev/video grab

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How to sync audio / video

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Xawtv segfault and strange lockups

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Kdenlive - how to record video

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LivES - how to configure correct video source

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Lightworks - notes

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v4lctl and v4l utils / command line

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Other stuff

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