VLC pvr not enabled in 14.04

[HNmYk3h]

I think I found a solution with avconv:

avconv -i /dev/video0 -c copy -c:v h264 -f mpegts udp://<destination-ip-address>:5004

At the destination I use VLC and open udp://@:5004

I need to check video quality and a/v sync more closely but it seems to work.

[jiskefet2]

Found this in the wiki: https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/v4l2

You need to use the 'compressed' alias (v4l2 with c):

vlc 'v4l2c://'

The frequency setting doesn't work though, it has a strange factor on it. If you enter for example 50, then you get 195.3125 MHz, so you never can set an integer value.

vlc 'v4l2c://:tuner-frequency=50'

As a workarround you can use this (for 216MHz):

ivtv-tune -f 216 && vlc 'v4l2c://'

Opening the TV from the VLC GUI doesn't seem to be possible. The only way I got it to work was through the "Network" tab and entering "v4l2c://" as URL. This does not allow for setting a frequency though, that would still have to be done from a commandline (ivtv-tune -f 216).

[cariboo]

Moved to Multimedia & Video, as 14.04 has been released, and is no longer in development.