Gv4l is a gui frontend for the v4l functions of transcode
(http://www.transcoding.org/).
As of transcode 0.6.7 you can record/watch from your v4l tuner and/or
webcams and possibly other (?) v4l devices.
* Pre-Install Requirements *
- Transcode 0.6.7 or later (0.5.x and earlier don't support v4l
and there are changes since 0.6.0) Download from transcode's site (http://www.transcoding.org/) ***********************/ BIG FAT WARNING \************************* There were changes in transcode 0.6.13+ and you need to ./configure transcode with at least --enable-v4l --enable-gtk --enable-sdl --enable-X --enable-lame otherwise gv4l ain't gonna work and it WILL crash!!!
- Xawtv - http://bytesex.org/xawtv/
Transcode uses the .xawtv config file for the channels etc.
Expert users may edit and copy the included in Gv4l's package sample .xawtv file to their home directory, although I recommend installing Xawtv.
- Install some Codecs if you haven't already (ffmpeg is included in transcode)
DIVX4/5 - http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/ (Think that one's broken atm) XviD - http://www.xvid.org others if you wish
* Installation from source *
- gunzip/untar (apparently you got that right since you're reading this ;))
tar zxfv gv4l-2.2.4.tar.gz
- enter the directory and run configure
cd gv4l-2.2.4 ./configure
- run make and make install (make install should be executed as root)
make su (enter your root password) make install
- run "gv4l" (without the quotes) and enjoy!
- Check for new releases at http://gv4l.sf.net. Contributions of code/fixes/suggestions/money/etc. are accepted!
Have Fun.