[AG-TECH] BTTV Capture & Mpeg / Large Video Size

Claus Endres claus at endresconsulting.com
Sat Jul 12 01:10:13 CDT 2008


Hi,

You might want to try the attached patch. It works for me for
webcams with NTSC resolution.

Please let me know if it solves your problem.

Regards,
Claus.

Todd Zimmerman wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> Not sure if it is a local configuration/driver issue or not, but I am 
> having problems producing 'large' video sizes using my BTTV capture 
> card. It's a WinTV PCI card with a Sony handycam plugged into the 
> s-video input.
> 
> I'm using vic-2.8ucl1.4.0beta
> 
> Here are my settings::
> 
> V4L2 (BT878), SVideo, NTSC, Mpeg4, Large.  When I select 'Transmit', the 
> stream 'info' still only indicates 352x288.   If I change the Signal to 
> Auto (or PAL or SECAM) the picture goes green/pink but the resolution 
> moves to 704x576.
> 
> Is it _actually_ producing a larger video but the indication is wrong, 
> or is it not capable of going above 352x288??
> 
> I'd test V4L, but for some reason vic indicates it cannot open the 
> device when trying to switch to v4l.
> 
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Todd


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