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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2000 05:42:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      just matt <matt@dqc.org>
To:        Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem with fxtv capture and mplex
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0001180534420.7334-100000@dqc.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000117190242.B2566@ipass.net>

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Alright, I tried recapturing the same program with fxtv-1.02(I was using
1.00 for some reason), and I got the same results.  This time I edited the
sh script that is generatedby fxtv so that it wouldn't delete the
temporary files.  I checked out the .mpg video only stream, and it played
fine, and I checked out the .mp2 audio stream, and it also played
fine.  Only after mplex'ing them together do things stop working.  I tried
an older version of mplex and got similar results....  Looks to me like
mplex is at fault but I'm not sure...

> Which version of fxtv?  If not 1.02, try that one.  Streams written by
> older versions behaved like this.  They didn't write enough FPS, and the
> MPEG players aren't very forgiving.
> 
> Of course, I haven't captured anything like 21 minutes of video/audio!
> That's pretty cool.  Be sure to capture to MPEG Ready and then you can
> tweak encoding and reencode multiple times without a recapture.
> 

I have the mad Ultra Wide scsi action going with one of those UW 9.1 gig
seagates you can find for around $150 if you look carefully...  So 20
minutes of video isn't a huge deal, but it does take about 6-7 hours to
encode the mpeg on my machine, so that's a bit of a drawback, but
mpeg_encode makesmuch better mpeg streams than the Xing encoder does under
windows, so it's worth it, or at least it will be when I figure out how to
get thigns working with mplex.


	- Matt



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