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#16 Post by etienne2000 »

Hello, I have installed Xvidcap on my French vertion of puppy linux (toutou linux 4.3.1) and the record works fine, but i cannot have sound for the vidéo, i have tested with certainly files in the /dev folder, after recording, i can look sond is in the vidéo (.mpeg2 audio) but if i play the vidéo, i have no sounds.

here is the content of my /dev folder:

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dvb: 0 octets
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And the folder /dev/snd:

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How can i make working the recording of the sound in the vidéo?
(vidéo records work sucefully, its only the sound)

Thanks in advance for your answer.
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xvidcap config
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muggins
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#17 Post by muggins »

Hello etienne2000,

I had success, getting my microphone to work with xvidcap, by changing the default input device, from /dev/dsp, to /dev/audio. Not sure whether this will be the same for your device though?

Edit: Another thought, if you right-click the volume icon, bottom right-hand corner of the desktop, and select "Full Window", is Capture showing, and is it at maximum volume?
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#18 Post by rjbrewer »

Xvidcap 1.1.6 working well in Puppy 4.3.1 and
Xvidcap 1.1.7 working well in Lupu 5.2.5

The only Retrovol or (alsa mixer) settings necessary.
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#19 Post by rjbrewer »

rjbrewer wrote:Xvidcap 1.1.6 working well in Puppy 4.3.1 and
Xvidcap 1.1.7 working well in Lupu 5.2.5

The only Retrovol or (alsa mixer) settings necessary.
I wasn't using a mic or making a video for upload.
I did capture a 613mb mpeg file of this concert:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1487911131/

Working in Wary 512 now.
10fps in all 3.

edit:

Stopped working with Wary again.

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#20 Post by sheepy »

For some reason, all my screencasts return with only around 50% capture success ratio.
Any ideas?

Pelo

Verify xorg and vesa (depth 24 better) / flv perfect youTube

#21 Post by Pelo »

With slacko colours are garbled, not with other distros. It's very short video, only to show that you can comment the video
Click the bleu, on tourne !
demo with Racy
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Slacko 5.3.3 XFCE jejy69 is ok
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Pelo

Puppy 4.3.1 stardust xvidcap 1.1.6 Libavcodec

#22 Post by Pelo »

[mpeg4 @ 0x84243e0]removing common factors from framerate
Compiler did not align stack variables. Libavcodec has been miscompiled
and may be very slow or crash. This is not a bug in libavcodec,
but in the compiler. Do not report crashes to FFmpeg developers.
XvidCap has 100% framerate succes excepted sometimes, in on pupsave, and the others are ok. I don't understand
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Pelo

Making tutos with XVIDCAP : sure very usefull

#23 Post by Pelo »

France does not ave french spokent tutorials about Puppy Linux. All are in shakespeare dialect. Hard for many to puppy on their computer ( to puppy n'est pas un verbe ?)
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Pelo

Russian guy has made a good job : he has fixed all the bugs

#24 Post by Pelo »

Il y a un tuto très bien en français, les anglophones n'y comprendront rien. Je rigole !

Pelo

Alternative to XVIDCAP : drecord, pAVrecord, Vokoscreen (QT)

#25 Post by Pelo »

Alternative to XVIDCAP : drecord, pAVrecord, Vokoscreen (QT)

But only fullscreen..
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Pelo

c'est propre et net ! Xvidcap is the best.

#26 Post by Pelo »

rjbrewer wrote:Xvidcap 1.1.6 working well in Puppy 4.3.1 and
Xvidcap 1.1.7 working well in Lupu 5.2.5

The only Retrovol or (alsa mixer) settings necessary.
Xvipcap 1.1.7 better everywhere excepted :
Slacko 5.3 / 5.3.1 ( washed colours)

complete the list, please

Be aware that your video can be read immediatly, so good as 'capture', his brother in law under Windows.
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Pelo

Vokoscreen alternative QT-apps

#27 Post by Pelo »

Fails on old puppies
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Pelo

Other tools with Qt : Vokoscreen

#28 Post by Pelo »

Vokkocreen ais the same as XVIDCAP. If you are running other Qt applications, try vokoscreen, it does it well
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vokoscreen.jpg
Description: easy to use screencast creator
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Pelo

Desktop Recorder (drec) for Dpup

#29 Post by Pelo »

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 388#359388 Desktop Recorder (drec) for Dpup by Gposil.
Drec 2.0 still works perfectly in 2014.Here with brand new Pupjibaro based on Precise Puppy. The size is light, in spite of full screen is captured. I don't know how to capture only a part of the screen.
Post-processing is long enough. A file .ogv is temporari stored untill process end. Then video extension becames .avi (my choice)
On the screenshot here below toutou.avi is ready for use. Toutou2.ogv is in video labratory being processed. Depending on the length, it could last 10 minutes. Be patient. It's worth of it. The videos are getting really very light.
I use Desktop Recorder version 2.0. Version 2.1 had bugs with my computer (when choosing the sizes of video)
If menu does not exec, use terminal, dpuprec
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Pelo

XVIDCAP sometimes gives you garbled colors

#30 Post by Pelo »

XVIDCAP sometimes gives you garbled colors. Change that with Avidemux with the color filter as shown in screenshot here below
Default can be resolved by setting xvid xvesa or xorg depth 24

hamoudoudou

Should be moved to 'Multimedia'

#31 Post by hamoudoudou »

Should be moved to 'Multimedia'.
Xvidcap can record full screen, just changing the selected area with your mouse.
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Pelo

Xenial dog, version 1.1.7a dowloaded.

#32 Post by Pelo »

Xenial dog, version 1.1.7a dowloaded. on test. Audio needs lame.
Fredx181 explains where to get it here click the blue !

hamoudoudou

For newbies

#33 Post by hamoudoudou »

For newbies Mike Walsh

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