First had to install the In the Will return a list of accounts that are currently setup in
bitlbee. To generate a key for the 0th account—gmail in my case: I recently ordered a set of videos that I remember from a few years
ago that did not make the jump to DVD, unfortunately. I do have a VCR; however, I never have it hooked up
because…why would I? The solution here: convert my VHS tapes into H.264/MP3 mp4-contained
files. Now the question is: how? I managed to grab an EasyCap
D60 Recording device from Amazon. This device is supported inside the linux kernel (from version 3.18
forward…maybe?) Once I plugged in this device, it was working: This bad boy: I checked out: And I noticed a new video device I used VLC to caputre raw input. The auto-named avi file in I found a blog
where a person does this. I have a vauge memory about doing this at
UpSync, so I'll give it a shot: 2-pass mp4 conversion. Let's see what happens! The settings above created an mp4 that could be played via x264 on a
RaspberryPi 3.Helpful Posts
Restart bitlbee without restarting Weechat
sudo service bitlbee stop
/disconnect localhost
sudo service bitlbee start
/connect localhost/6667
/msg &bitlbee identify [password]
Setup OTR
bitlbee-plugin-otr
plugin:sudo apt-get install bitlbee-plugin-otr
&bitlebee
windowaccount list
> @root 0 (gtalk): jabber, thcipriani@gmail.com (connected)
> @root 1 (twitter): twitter, thcipriani (connected)
otr keygen 0
Hardware
lsusb
Bus
1
Device
016:
ID
1b71:3002
Fushicai
USBTV007
Video
Grabber
[EasyCAP]
ls /dev | grep -i video
video1
. Easy.Capture Software
Media
→ Open Caputre Device
Video Device Name
→ /dev/video1
Audio Device Name
→ hw:2,0
Play
pulldown menu → Convert
Dump Raw Input
Destination File
→ /home/tyler/Videos
Start
~/Videos
was
FUCKING HUGE.ls -lh ~/Videos | grep -i avi
Conversion
ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/vlc-record-2016-04-22-14h47m57s-Streaming-.avi -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset slow -threads 0 -b:v 825k -strict -2 -c:a aac -b:a 96k -pass 1 -f mp4 -y /dev/null
ffmpeg -i ~/Videos/vlc-record-2016-04-22-14h47m57s-Streaming-.avi -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
-preset slow -threads 0 -b:v 825k -strict -2 -c:a aac -b:a 96k -pass 2 ~/Videos/out.mp4
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