[vlc] Re: DV Camcorder, Firewire, DirectShow

[Gildas Bazin]

On Monday 12 January 2004 15:43, Badrulhisham Bahadzor wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Can anyone who has successfully experimented with live a/v streaming using
> live source from a dv camcorder connected to pc via firewire input, 
running
> vlc/directshow - share their experience (setup, performance, quality 
etc) ?
> 
> I have all the others except a dv camcorder, i would like to buy one which
> is usable with vlc. I intend to use it to stream live surgery in the
> hospital that I'm working in.
> 

VLC _should_ support DV input on windows via the DirectShow input, however 
this has not been tested and I haven't heard any reports on this.

For streaming however you'll have to transcode the DV input into something 
else (ie. mpeg2/4) because DV isn't streamable. This unfortunately will be 
quite processor intensive so you'll need a good CPU.

You might want to look at other alternatives like a PVR card (which encodes 
analog to mpeg2 in hardware) or a simple analog acquistion card (in which 
case the encoding will be done in software).

--
Gildas

-- 
This is the vlc mailing-list, see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
To unsubscribe, please read http://www.videolan.org/support/lists.html
If you are in trouble, please contact <postmaster at videolan.org>