Command Line Option --dshow-video-input?

[bobc02]

I am trying to set the video input source that my DVR card uses, it's the composite channel and the value is 1, but vlc is giving an error when I try the following command:

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vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 --server-port 1234 --dshow-video-input 1

The error is:

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VLC media player 1.1.4 The Luggage (revision exported) vlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `--dshow-video-input'

The player works if I leave off the --dshow option, but since it's defaulting to value 0 nothing is displayed. vlc works fine if I do Open Capture Device manually and set Input to 1 in the Advanced Options.

Any ideas on how to get --dshow to work? I found the info at http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help

Thanks,

--Bob

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

It should be obvious, but DirectShow options only work with the DirectShow plug-in which only exists on Windows.

[bobc02]

It should be obvious, but DirectShow options only work with the DirectShow plug-in which only exists on Windows.

OK, so maybe a better question is how do you set the input channel for a Linux environment.

If you feel the need to be rude, understanding of course your superior European heritage, then maybe you shouldn't answer.

--Bob

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

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vlc --full-help|grep v4l2 VLC media player 1.1.11 The Luggage (revision exported) --v4l2-standard {0 (Default), 16711680 (SECAM), 255 (PAL), 45056 (NTSC), 1 (PAL_B), 2 (PAL_B1), 4 (PAL_G), 8 (PAL_H), 16 (PAL_I), 32 (PAL_D), 64 (PAL_D1), 128 (PAL_K), 256 (PAL_M), 512 (PAL_N), 1024 (PAL_Nc), 2048 (PAL_60), 4096 (NTSC_M), 8192 (NTSC_M_JP), 16384 (NTSC_443), 32768 (NTSC_M_KR), 65536 (SECAM_B), 131072 (SECAM_D), 262144 (SECAM_G), 524288 (SECAM_H), 1048576 (SECAM_K), 2097152 (SECAM_K1), 4194304 (SECAM_L), 8388608 (SECAM_LC), 16777216 (ATSC_8_VSB), 33554432 (ATSC_16_VSB)} --v4l2-chroma <string> Video input chroma format --v4l2-input <integer> Input

[bobc02]

thanks