[pvrusb2] Re: xawtv recording?

[Simon Lachinger]

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks at yahoo.com>
> An: pvrusb2 at isely.net
> Betreff: [pvrusb2] Re: xawtv recording?
> Datum: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:12:15 -0800 (PST)
> 
> 
> > For recording, all you really have to do is:
> > 
> > $ cat /dev/v4l/video0 > recorded.mpg
> 
> Note that this only works to a certain size.
> On my 2.6.14 kernel this stopped after scribbling 2 GB
> (which is in the default settting of 6 Mbit/s less
> than 1 hr of video). So this is ok for a short show,
> but not for a movie (unless you want to give up
> quality).
> 
> Frans
> 

That way I've recorded whole films each with a file size way beyond 2GB.
What file system did you use? The 2GB boundary sounds strangely familiar to
me (VFAT?)..
 
Simon

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