Need CLI help with recording VHS tapes for elderly man...

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Need CLI help with recording VHS tapes for elderly man...

Postby bash64 » 27 May 2016 19:25

I wish to record vhs tapes. I have an easycap dc60 capture card I am using with linux.
my video device is /dev/video0
my audio device is hw:2,0
The gui plays them just fine.
The gui will record them just fine.
However, I am attempting to help someone elderly to do this.
It needs to be "one click easy".
The shell seems to be the only way.

Can someone help me form a complete and functioning shell line to do this?
I have spent many hours in the docs for VLC.
I keep running into issues with VLC 2.1.6 misinterpreting the line I use.
I would rather have someone make a working line and then I will try and tweak that.

I basically need to convert VHS into an mkv file using blueray compression (x264).
The audio should be compressed. Any format is ok.
I would like VLC to quit when done.
There needs to be a stop time.

Thanks
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Re: Need CLI help with recording VHS tapes for elderly man...

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 27 May 2016 23:53

You can copy the command line options from the last page of the GUI wizard.
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Re: Need CLI help with recording VHS tapes for elderly man...

Postby bash64 » 28 May 2016 00:10

Thanks, the the command lines specify the video and the audio hardware and a live-caching otpion.
There is no mention of the --sout and transcoding settings for the conversion.


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