Den 27.05.2025 16:28, skrev Andrew Randrianasulu:
On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM Terje J. Hanssen via Cin <[email protected]> wrote:
Den 27.05.2025 12:54, skrev Terje J. Hanssen:
I tried to Record camcorder video stream via v4l2 and hdmi-usb3 capture as input device.
ms2130 is more powerful but else similar to the usb2 EasyCap device example described in the CinGG manual https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/CinelerraGG_Manual/Use_Case_1_a_EasyCap.ht...
My Sony FX7-E 1080i50 HDV camcorder was connected via HDMI to a ms2130 usb3 capture card.
My procedure description here on openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll, kernel 6.12.30-1.0.4.sr20250501-longterm
~/Applications> ./CinGG-20250430-x86_64.AppImage Cinelerra Infinity - built: Apr 30 2025 07:18:32
1) Settings > Preferences > Record
File format: FFMPEG mp4
Video In:
Record driver: Video4Linux2 /dev(video0
The first thing I noticed was that default Record video setting was SD NTSC, not PAL as else according to my time zone. Could this possibly be changed as else?
Frames to record on disk: 30 (default)?
Changed frame to a camcorder resolution and fps supported by v4l2 and ms2130:
Frame: 1920 x 1080 (was default NTSC SD) fps: 50 (progressive)
File > Record r
Two windows opened, one showing the running record time etc. and the other the camera window image.
Unhappily, when I reconnected the camcorder to re-test today, the second window with the camera image did not longer open!! I've tried to reset the machine and camcorder, but no. Did also a test with system ffplay (when the v4l2 was free again) and it worked.
Obviously here is something that causes this confusing issue, but what? load straty, a changed setting or something else? Happily the window opened yesterday, so I know the should work. I understand this can be difficult to troubleshoot without a similar setup.
There is checkbox named Monitor Video. Be sure you have it set.
Yes, thanks it works again.
I usually set all parameters (like frame size, framerate, type of Video Input device) in Recording tab.
Yes, but I wonder what these default box values mean? * Frames to record to disk at a time: 30 * Frames to buffer in device: 2 * Positioning: Software timing I have yet to find where to set color subsampling yuv422p, bitrate, quality profile etc I recorded three test file types with their defaults, and all got yuv420p CinGG_Record1.mp4 Duration: 00:00:09.05, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5044 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown, progressive), 1920x1080, 4952 kb/s, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 12800 tbn (default) CinGG_Record2.mkv Duration: 00:00:13.66, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 890 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: vp9 (Profile 0), yuv420p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown), 1920x1080, 50 fps, 50 tbr, 1k tbn CinGG_Record3.mpeg Duration: 00:00:22.26, start: 0.520000, bitrate: 2321 kb/s Stream #0:0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709/unknown/unknown, progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn
Note that in your case while you record SD it gets upscaled by your svideo -> hdmi and hdmi to usb converters to 1080p50 There is red button and above it filename input field. Put path/filename there, hit Record, and it should start recording to that file.
In case you played with contrast/brightness settings (cingg uses its own set for v4l devices) you can run guvcview and restore them to their default values