It would be better if you could connect to line-in instead of the Mic as you could get clipping.
If you can do that then please do so and ascertain that you can get the audio, before going forward.
Now that you got sound, could get the result of:
arecord -l
Also would suggest to use VLC to capture as it is using alsa by default (unlike xawtv defaulting to oss)
Hi Guys
Sorry about the delay getting back to you, I was looking after my Grand-daughter yesterday
I changed over to line in as you suggested and I get sound so that’s ok
Here’s the output you asked for
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
graeme@Linux1 ~ $
Also would suggest to use VLC to capture as it is using alsa by default (unlike xawtv defaulting to oss)
Unfortunately I can’t get it to work in VLC I’ve tried various settings in the preferences (all the output options) but all I get is a green screen with interference at the top of the screen
Many thanks
Graeme
Further to my last post I can now get video in VLC, I never done anything I’m aware of other that try again but this thing does seem to have a mind of it’s own
I’m getting a muffled noise coming through the speakers but nothing more, when I open VLC I get this error message
Audio output failed:
The audio device "plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=2" could not be used:
No such file or directory.
Under capture devices in VLC, Video Device is listed as /dev/video0, I have 2 options for Audio Devices hw:0,0 & hw :0,2, I get the muffled noise with hw:0,0 and no sound at all with hw:0,2
I also tried recording and it will record video but with the muffled noise
Hope this is helpful
Many Thanks
Graeme
See if the sound is muted in v4l:
v4l2-ctl -C mute
if you get ‘mute: 1’
then:
v4l2-ctl -c mute=0
Open up VLC and post line from:
Media>Capture Device
Show more options
Edit options: (example)
:v4l2-standard=PAL_BG :input-slave=alsa://hw:0,0 :live-caching=300
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ v4l2-ctl -C mute
mute: 1
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ v4l2-ctl -c mute=0
graeme@Linux1 ~ $
:v4l2-standard= :input-slave=alsa:// :live-caching=300
So the audio was muted then.
Sorry I meant after you set up VLC to play the video :-[
Ok It’s back to giving me no video again, like I said in a previous post I never done anything to get it working in the first place so this doesn’t surprise me, But here’s the output you asked for anyway incase it gives you any clue why it’s so fragile
=-1 :v4l2-backlight-compensation=-1 :v4l2-band-stop-filter=-1 :no-v4l2-hflip :no-v4l2-vflip :v4l2-rotate=-1 :v4l2-color-killer=-1 :v4l2-color-effect=-1 :v4l2-audio-volume=-1 :v4l2-audio-balance=-1 :no-v4l2-audio-mute :v4l2-audio-bass=-1 :v4l2-audio-treble=-1 :no-v4l2-audio-loudness :v4l2-set-ctrls= :live-caching=300
Many thanks
Graeme
Thanks, but that line is not complete.
In VLC Go to:
Media>Capture Device>Advanced Options:
>Frequency
Then press OK
Post the Edit line
Try to see if you get picture
At the moment I’m working on VHS the old Betamax started eating tape to add insult to injury, I assumed for the purpose of getting this working it wouldn’t matter what machine I was using, I hope my assumption hasn’t caused any problems if it has I apologise
:v4l2-standard=PAL_BG :input-slave=alsa://hw:0,0 :v4l2-chroma= :v4l2-input=0 :v4l2-audio-input=-1 :v4l2-width=-1 :v4l2-height=-1 :v4l2-aspect-ratio=4\:3 :v4l2-fps=0 :v4l2-use-libv4l2 :v4l2-tuner=0 :v4l2-tuner-frequency=-1 :v4l2-tuner-audio-mode=1 :no-v4l2-controls-reset :v4l2-brightness=-1 :v4l2-brightness-auto=-1 :v4l2-contrast=-1 :v4l2-saturation=-1 :v4l2-hue=-1 :v4l2-hue-auto=-1 :v4l2-white-balance-temperature=-1 :v4l2-auto-white-balance=-1 :v4l2-red-balance=-1 :v4l2-blue-balance=-1 :v4l2-gamma=-1 :v4l2-autogain=-1 :v4l2-gain=-1 :v4l2-sharpness=-1 :v4l2-chroma-gain=-1 :v4l2-chroma-gain-auto=-1 :v4l2-power-line-frequency=-1 :v4l2-backlight-compensation=-1 :v4l2-band-stop-filter=-1 :no-v4l2-hflip :no-v4l2-vflip :v4l2-rotate=-1 :v4l2-color-killer=-1 :v4l2-color-effect=-1 :v4l2-audio-volume=-1 :v4l2-audio-balance=-1 :no-v4l2-audio-mute :v4l2-audio-bass=-1 :v4l2-audio-treble=-1 :no-v4l2-audio-loudness :v4l2-set-ctrls= :live-caching=300
I notice tuner frequency is listed as 1 but under advanced options it’s listed as -1, don’t know if that means anything
Many thanks
Graeme
Nope, it does not matter which video you are using for the input
Could you change the tuner frequency to match the previously recorded frequency for the VHS
then try again to see if you get a picture.
VHS Frequency
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ v4l2-ctl --get-freq
Frequency: 12532 (783.250000 MHz)
graeme@Linux1 ~ $
I tried changing tuner frequency to 12532 that didn’t work then I tried 783,250000 but it wouldn’t allow me to enter that I then tried reducing the integar to 783.25 but it wouldn’t let me enter that either
SeZ o I really feel I’m being a royal PITA with this now and I feel I’m just pestering you, honestly if want to tell me this can’t be done with this hardware I’ll accept that look for other hardware to do the job, you’ve give this everything and I appreciate all your effort I really do, I’ll go on as long as you and Mark are prepared to, but please don’t think I’ll be offended or disappointed if you think I should give up
Graeme
I don’t know if this helps, but here goes
if I try to load the movie in VLC I get no audio or video, however if I load xawtv and tune in to channel 60 I get audio & video but will not record , if I then close out of xawtv and open VLC it will load video only and it will record (no audio) (in other words VLC will only play video if the signal has previously been tuned in by xawtv) if I reboot the PC I have to go through the same procedure again, so it seems it’s a frequency problem with VLC and once xawtv tunes the card in VLC will play, the same happens with Cheese so to summarize
xawtv will play audio & video but will not record (but doesn’t crash)
Cheese will play video only but crashes when I try to record
VLC will play & record video only (no audio)
Graeme
It is up to you if you want to give up.
it seems that the stumbling block is getting stable (reliable) channel tuning set up which works every time
You could try to input in VLC for frequency 783250 and see if that gives the right channell
Alternatively (before you start VLC):
v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -f 783.250
and as a test run:
Now test it works:
mplayer /dev/video0
You should now see the video on the PC screen corresponding to the input of the card.
Enter ‘q’ to quit mplayer
To record it as a file issue the command:
mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile capture.mpg /dev/video0
Press ctrlc-c to quit when you are finished
It is up to you if you want to give up.
I don’t really want to give up I just don’t want to be a pest that’s all
Anyway I rebooted the PC and ran your command (v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -f 783.250) and that worked perfectly although still no audio
mplayer /dev/video0
gives this output
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ mplayer /dev/video0
MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2012 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing /dev/video0.
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Seek failed
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
I’m still wondering if using Ubuntu 12.04/Mint 13 with the older gstreamer might help.
(or even Peppermint 3, if we can get cheese installed and working)
Lot of work, I know … but I still think this is sommat to do with gstreamer 1.0
I'm still wondering if using Ubuntu 12.04/Mint 13 with the older gstreamer might help. (or even Peppermint 3, if we can get cheese installed and working)
I have no idea Mark I lost track of this 7 pages ago, I know this is unrelated but I remember having a problem with gstreamer playing mp3’s when I first installed peppermint 3 and you helped me sort it out, strangely enough VLC supplied the solution.
I don’t know what’s wrong with Cheese in peppermint I’m sure it did work, I’ve tried re-installing but that didn’t help, but I haven’t tried opening Cheese from the terminal to see if there is an error reported that could give me a clue (not that any of the error descriptions mean a lot to me).
Anyway I’m never gonna find the solution myself so I’m relying on you and Sezo to find one for me (which I know you will given time) so I’ll follow whatever you both think is the best path to take, if you want to move this to peppermint that’s what I’ll do
Many thanks
Graeme
In Mint … can you post the output from:
lsmod
and
cat /proc/asound/pcm
At some point it might be worth finding out if there’s any output from:
cheese
in Peppermint 
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by
des_generic 21191 0
md4 12523 0
snd_hrtimer 12648 1
tuner_simple 22016 1
tuner_types 18998 1 tuner_simple
parport_pc 31968 0
ppdev 12817 0
bnep 17707 2
rfcomm 37276 0
bluetooth 183228 10 bnep,rfcomm
tuner 26797 1
nls_utf8 12493 6
cifs 279812 7
fscache 50234 1 cifs
msp3400 35561 1
gpio_ich 13159 0
coretemp 13168 0
arc4 12473 2
snd_hda_codec_realtek 63356 1
microcode 18209 0
bttv 112147 1
videobuf_dma_sg 18714 1 bttv
videobuf_core 25097 2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc 13400 1 bttv
joydev 17161 0
rc_core 21266 1 bttv
tveeprom 17009 1 bttv
snd_hda_intel 32515 3
snd_hda_codec 111547 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80163 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25382 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51255 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 24411 3 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ath9k 116549 0
v4l2_common 15767 3 tuner,msp3400,bttv
videodev 95841 5 tuner,msp3400,bttv,v4l2_common
serio_raw 13031 0
mac80211 461161 1 ath9k
i915 457161 3
ath9k_common 13783 1 ath9k
mac_hid 13037 0
ath9k_hw 376155 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 19187 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
snd 61991 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm_kms_helper 45271 1 i915
lpc_ich 16925 0
cfg80211 175375 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
drm 230463 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13197 2 bttv,i915
soundcore 14599 1 snd
video 18847 1 i915
snd_page_alloc 14036 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 13299 0
parport 40753 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
hid_generic 12445 0
usbhid 41702 0
hid 82142 2 hid_generic,usbhid
usb_storage 39350 0
uas 17556 0
r8169 55976 0
graeme@Linux1 ~ $
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ cat /proc/asound/pcm
00-00: ALC888 Analog : ALC888 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
00-02: ALC888 Analog : ALC888 Analog : capture 1
graeme@Linux1 ~ $
What’s the output from:
amixer -c 0 controls
?
graeme@Linux1 ~ $ amixer -c 0 controls
numid=32,iface=CARD,name=‘Front Headphone Jack’
numid=34,iface=CARD,name=‘Front Mic Jack’
numid=35,iface=CARD,name=‘Line Jack’
numid=31,iface=CARD,name=‘Line Out Jack’
numid=33,iface=CARD,name=‘Rear Mic Jack’
numid=30,iface=MIXER,name=‘Master Playback Switch’
numid=29,iface=MIXER,name=‘Master Playback Volume’
numid=11,iface=MIXER,name=‘Headphone Playback Switch’
numid=10,iface=MIXER,name=‘Headphone Playback Volume’
numid=36,iface=MIXER,name=‘PCM Playback Volume’
numid=20,iface=MIXER,name=‘Front Mic Boost Volume’
numid=15,iface=MIXER,name=‘Front Mic Playback Switch’
numid=14,iface=MIXER,name=‘Front Mic Playback Volume’
numid=3,iface=MIXER,name=‘Front Playback Switch’
numid=2,iface=MIXER,name=‘Front Playback Volume’
numid=5,iface=MIXER,name=‘Surround Playback Switch’
numid=4,iface=MIXER,name=‘Surround Playback Volume’
numid=8,iface=MIXER,name=‘Center Playback Switch’
numid=6,iface=MIXER,name=‘Center Playback Volume’
numid=9,iface=MIXER,name=‘LFE Playback Switch’
numid=7,iface=MIXER,name=‘LFE Playback Volume’
numid=17,iface=MIXER,name=‘Line Playback Switch’
numid=16,iface=MIXER,name=‘Line Playback Volume’
numid=21,iface=MIXER,name=‘Capture Switch’
numid=22,iface=MIXER,name=‘Capture Switch’,index=1
numid=23,iface=MIXER,name=‘Capture Volume’
numid=24,iface=MIXER,name=‘Capture Volume’,index=1
numid=18,iface=MIXER,name=‘Auto-Mute Mode’
numid=28,iface=MIXER,name=‘Beep Playback Switch’
numid=27,iface=MIXER,name=‘Beep Playback Volume’
numid=1,iface=MIXER,name=‘Channel Mode’
numid=37,iface=MIXER,name=‘Digital Capture Volume’
numid=25,iface=MIXER,name=‘Input Source’
numid=26,iface=MIXER,name=‘Input Source’,index=1
numid=19,iface=MIXER,name=‘Rear Mic Boost Volume’
numid=13,iface=MIXER,name=‘Rear Mic Playback Switch’
numid=12,iface=MIXER,name=‘Rear Mic Playback Volume’
graeme@Linux1 ~ $