[mpeg2] Re: problems compiling kfir.c with 2.4.17

[Jeff Bowden <jlb@houseofdistraction.com>]

Have you looked at this to solve your file size problem? 
 http://outflux.net/unix/software/GOPchop/

Stuart L. Morris wrote:

>In my experience...
>
>When it works it works very well. Low bitrates (below 2Mbits/s) are not
>fantastic but then MPEG2 isn't really designed to go down there anyway.
>Analogue sources (VHS tape etc) give poor results because of the noise
>on the signal (it doesn't compress ;-)
>
>The real problems I've had have been conflicts between the board, the
>driver and the motherboard. On some machines it simply won't work and on
>others I've had no problems at all and am very happy.
>
>I have had good results in creating Super VCD disks from KFIR created
>MPEG2 files and archiving video material onto CD except when the capture
>file gets too large (haven't worked out how to split it into two for
>SVCD writing yet, the first half works great but the second is unusable
>(help anyone?)).
>
>Have fun.
>
>Stuart
>
>Jeff Bowden wrote:
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>>Stuart L. Morris wrote:
>>
>>>Bram Stolk wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:31:05 -0800
>>>>Jeff Bowden <jlb@houseofdistraction.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Among other things, there is a call to video_register_device with too
>>>>>few parameters.  Is this driver under active development?  With which
>>>>>kernels is it known to work?
>>>>>
>>>>I have the CVS version working under Linux 2.4.16
>>>>
>>>
>>>I also have the latest CVS version running under 2.4.17
>>>
>>OK, cool.  I haven't ordered the board yet, I wanted to make sure I
>>could get the driver built first.  Thanks for the tips.  I had to
>>comment out MX_OBJS and EXTRA_CFLAGS in the Makefile to get it to compile.
>>
>>How well does it work?  I am thinking to use it for archiving video from
>>my camcorder.
>>
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