[Freevo-users] Old Question Reborn-No Sound

[Matthew C. <ma...@ei...>]

What was ever determined of this problem?  I am running Freevo 1.4.1 and am still experiencing this issue.  Google found this message and another like it, but no fix.

Any ideas?

From: Mike LeVan 
Subject: [Freevo-users] Recording Problems with Sound 
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 20:24:00 -0800 
Hi all,

I am trying to get recording going (my last step -- I 
think), and I need a little help.

I am using mencoder/mplayer version 0.91.

I think I have figured out how to record video on 
freevo, but I am having some problems with audio. I can 
watch TV just fine with audio and video, but I am can't 
get an audio feed for the recording.

I am using cable TV, and I have the cable TV coming 
into an ATI All-In-Wonder VE card. I have the audio out 
from the ATI card going into my soundcard (onboard). 

I have tried to use /dev/dsp and /dev/audio on my
mencoder command. They are the only options which do
not return an audio error. It is just that I get a 
"static" type of sound.

When I open sound recorder, I can raise the line-in
option and hear the TV without anything running.

Here is the command I am using to record:

=============================
mencoder -tv 
on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=38:chanlist=us-cable:width=640:height=480:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0:adevice=/dev/dsp:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=64
 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:keyint=30 -oac mp3lame -lameopts 
br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ffourcc divx -endpos 5 -o blah.avi

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Here is the output:

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MEncoder 0.91-RPM-3.1  (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team

CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP Multiprocessor/Athlon XP 
eXtreme Performance (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Reading /root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such 
file or directory
Reading /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Reading config file /root/.mplayer/mencoder: No such file or directory
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x0
TV detected! ;-)
Selected driver: v4l
 name: Video 4 Linux input
 author: Alex Beregszaszi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 comment: under development
Selected device: BT878(ATI TV-Wonder VE)
 Capabilites: capture tuner overlay clipping frameram scales
 Device type: 235
 Supported sizes: 48x32 => 768x480
 Inputs: 2
  0: Television: tuner audio tv camera  (tuner:1, norm:ntsc)
  1: Composite1: audio camera  (tuner:0, norm:ntsc)
audio block size too low, setting to 8192!
Using input 'Television'
Selected channel: 38 (freq: 307.250)
[V] filefmt:9  fourcc:0x32315659  size:640x480  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 1 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 88200->88200 (705.6 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm:pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
Opening video filter: [expand=-1:-1:-1:-1:1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1  (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
videocodec: libavcodec (640x480 fourcc=58564944 [DIVX])
Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm:raw (RAW YV12)
==========================================================================
Forcing output fourcc to 78766964 [divx]
MP3 audio selected
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/1ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/1ch/16bit...
Writing AVI header...
Forcing audio preload to 0, max pts correction to 0
Pos:   5.0s    106f ( 0%)  28fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [1423:127]



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Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

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