DirectShow Capture support

[dansus]

Excellent, this exactly what ive been looking for.

So if 'ffmpeg -f dshow -i list' doesnt show the id of my pci tv card, how do i work out what its called for the cmd?

Ive looked it up with graph edit but FF cant lock onto it.

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ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="7231 BDA Digital Capture DVBT" -r 25 -threads 0 -vcodec libx264 -f mp4 output.mp4

[ramiro]

anyone interested in writing the code and posting a patch to ffmpeg-devel?
make a function similar to the first while() in dshow_open_device(), but instead of strcmp(device_name, buf) just print out the device's name. there's no need to open the device after that, just clean up properly.

EDIT: that is, for "-f dshow -i list" support. just return something false after printing out the data (with av_log).

[meilon]

Hi there!

I have a problem with dshow:

I have a video grabber with an old VCR behind it. I want to digitize some old childhood videos. The VCR and tapes are PAL, but ffmpeg reports the input is 640x480. How do I change that?

Regards

meilon

[essar]

Hi all I am new to dshow.

when I am using the executables from static build to windows -dshow option is working perfect. But when I am trying the same option with the executable that I build from the source file, it is not working... Its shooting an error that "Unknown option -dshow."

In this case its not showing dshow in the available formats <ffmpeg -formats>

What can I do ?

Do I need to change any thing in the config file for that ?

Thanks

[rogerdpack]

maybe check for any new configure options?

[patelsattu]

When you configure FFMPEG dshow should be enabled by default.However the config.log file shows lots of error regarding "dshow.c" file. Once those errors are solved i think it should be okay.

[patelsattu]

Hello everybody,
I have tried all sorts of things to enable 'dshow' as input device in ffmpeg...its working in the available static builds ..but not if i try using source code and compile it ..any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

[rogerdpack]

...testing on various devices, adding more features (like capturing the desktop, accepting normal files, selecting channels in tuners), and fixing the inevitable bugs.

One can capture the desktop using a directshow desktop capture source (shameless self-plug):
https://github.com/rdp/screen-capture-recorder-program

And it does seem to work:

$ ffplay -f dshow -i video="screen-capture-recorder"

Also you can get the list of devices from VLC's "Media" => "Open Capture Device" => (check "Show more options") select them from the dropdowns.
Enjoy.

-roger-

[rogerdpack]

This is a great opportunity for you (yes, you!) to join FFmpeg development, by helping clean up the source code (there's some duplicate code from vfwcap, which should be factored out), adding information to the documentation, testing on various devices, adding more features (like capturing the desktop, accepting normal files, selecting channels in tuners), and fixing the inevitable bugs.

Ok I offered a bounty on the FFMPEG ML of $250 for
http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user ... 02144.html
somebody to make it possible to specify "1280x1024 7.5fps" or the like.
Cheers!
-r

[ramiro]

what do you mean by "enumerate the options of a given capture source"? list the sizes and such?