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Assuming the card is supported by Linux in VLC you select file/open capture device If you are using an s-video connection you should get video by just hitting play. For a composite connection select Advanced options and set input (the 2nd line down) to 1 (s-video is blank or 0). Hit OK and then pres...

Is there any reason why every one of these files should be reported as broken? Actually VLC does not appear to truncate them, just appears not to know how long they are. The audio also appears to be out of synch and if the file is converted (say to an ogg file) it seems to go okay but the audio sync...

Just a thought - on a laptop like mine (Dell 630m- Centrino 1.86 w 2 Gb Ram) could the use of KDE desktop effects be having an impact on the integrity of the file?

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I had this problem with a USB Capture card in Linux because the audio component of the card was not recognised. The solution for me was to get an RCA - 3.5cm cable and plug it into the microphone socket of my laptop. http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=rca+to+3.5mm+adapter&hl=en&prmd=...

Not sure at the moment as I'm at work at a windows box right now. Will let you know version number when I get home. I'm running kubuntu 11.10 without adding a ppa for VLC

Update: 1.1.12

Hi I have started my project of converting my old VHS footage to DVD and I have hit a roadblock. The first job I did was a 25 minute video. Attempts to use the convert/save function were a failure - the saved file froze, was out of sync and the image blurred (It may be lack of computer power tbh as ...

still haven't found it unfortunately. can you tell me where I can select the output folder for the record button? thank you I scratched my head over this one for a little while. From your screenshot you have the "all" preferences option ticked. I was unable to find the target directory se...

Thanks for your repsonse I assume you mean the pane that appears when I select convert/save from the media menu? On the settings pane of convert/save I have been setting the output from the profile that appears when I hit the convert/save button. Is there anything else I need to be doing please, as ...

To update this If I use "open capture device" and assign video format 1 within the advanced settings, viewing the input is now a breeze. My problem however is that when I record the footage (with the record button) I get a high quality result but the resulting avi file is huge (about 30 se...

Thanks I haven't got my linux box in front of me right now but I saw this earlier today http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=55974 This would suggest I can set the video input to composite within the GUI and if I have correctly identified the sound input and launch both at the same tim...

By way of update, I have now been able to get sound with the open capture device dialog. I use a c-media usb audio card instead of the empia one.The device name is alsa://plughw:1,0 (or 2,0 depending upon how the 2 cards have been detected) If I run the following command: v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -i ...

Hi thanks for the reply. I need to burn the footage to DVD so MPEG2 seems to be right. I assume this is the Mpeg2 +MPGA option? Audio - that is the main issue now, By setting to composite the video stream is great. The sound is great too - but only if I select it (a c-media usb device) in the device...

Hi - new member here I'm about to embark on a project to convert my old camcorder footage from VHS to DVD. Using Kubuntu 11.10 . My research indicates VLC is the best Linux application to do this. I have a USB Video capture card (Empia 2861 chip) which works (almost) OOTB - If I set it to composite ...