[pvrusb2] Frame grab / stills capture ?

Michael Krufky mkrufky at linuxtv.org
Mon Feb 11 20:29:49 CST 2008


pvrusb2 at netspoon.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Somewhere back in the mail list I noticed a posting suggesting frame 
> grabbing / stills capture might be possible with the hardware, perhaps 
> awaiting the driver feature to make this possible?
> 
> I realize features equate to development time, and this device is most 
> likely chosen for it's mpeg2 streaming, but would frame capture to jpeg 
> be possible directly from the device?

Sometimes it's helpful to view framegrabber "preview" mode, while encoding an mpeg2 stream.

You might want to give GraphEdit a try while running the windows driver -- you can view this "live preview" framegrabber in one window concurrently with an mpeg2 streaming in another.

Regards,

Mike Krufky


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