This new version adds support for audio/video codec selection. It is now possible to choose which codec to use and edit the properties values.
Also it is now possible to record audio, even if there is no selectable parameter.
Next step is to load and store configuration from/to file.
This version comes with noticeable improvements : The user can now choose the desired image size and frame rate. Appart from that, DVR
has a better handling of video device and is now able to manage RGB and YUV devices.
Also this version comes with French translations and partial German translations.
DVR has moved, and is going to be largely rewritten, using GStreamer.
Currently it is completely broken, the software is only able to start and stop capture, with fixed parameters (352x288, avi, ffmpeg DX50, no audio), from a /dev/video0 source, providing RGB frames (YUV not working). This version is not for general use, but only a step towards 4.0. The previous stable version is still available on SF.net of course :-).
DVR is a small tool to record movie clips. It relies on GStreamer as backend, and Qt for the user interface.
Current version is 3.99.3. It is still a development version and miss some important features found in 3.2. However it almost begins to be usable.
See DVR in action.
Latest is dvr-3.99.3.
You can also browse releases for older versions.
Anonymous access is available at : http://svn.pierrox.net/dvr/trunk
svn co http://svn.pierrox.net/dvr/trunk
I don't provide any binary myself, only sources. However I would really be pleased if you want to submit one for your preferred distribution.
Bug reports, suggestions and general feedback are welcome. Also DVR need translators. Actually it has translations for English, French and German (partially).
DVR is a project I started in March 2001, because my old VCR was broken, and I then wanted to record TV shows with my computer running Linux, equipped with one the common BTTV based cards. At that time DVR was using avifile, a good library offering a common interface for various audio/video codecs (including win32 ones). The video handling library was home made and rather buggy. The project was hosted on dvr.sourceforge.net.
During some years the software did not evolve much. In particular the V4L frame grabber was still not completely corrected. I was either too lazy or busy to seriously work on it.
Since, open source multimedia components have become much more mature on Linux. However I am still not completely satisfied with existing end user capture softwares. So I thought it would probably not be a bad thing to remove some dust from DVR and spend some time on it. This time I choosed to use GStreamer instead of home made V4L layer+avifile. All development will no now take place here. The previous DVR version and web site are still available on http://dvr.sourceforge.net/old/.
copyright 2006-2007 Pierre Hébert