Epiphan VGA2USB Pro - Manual (Page 114)

15. Recording videos Recording videos for Linux
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Playing back a video file (Mac OS X)
You can play a QuickTime video using QuickTime or any
QuickTime-compatible video player.
Recording videos for Linux
This section describes how to use the Epiphan USB device driver
and Video4Linux to record video files on a video capture
workstation running Linux.
Video4Linux (V4L) is a Linux video capture API. The Epiphan
USB device driver can send captured images directly to
Video4Linux. This means that any Video4Linux-compatible
application can receive captured images. You can use a
Video4Linux-compatible application to record a series of
captured images as a video in the video format supported by the
application.
This section describes:
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Recording video files (Linux)
• Playing back a video file (Linux)
Recording video files (Linux)
Use the following procedure to record captured images as a video
file on a video capture workstation running Linux. This
procedure assumes that you have installed the Epiphan USB
device driver and Video4Linux and a video capture or recording
application that is compatible with Video4Linux on your Linux
video capture workstation.
To download and install the latest version of the Epiphan USB
device driver for your Linux distribution, browse to
http://www.epiphan.com/products/ and locate the downloads
page for your product. Scroll down to the Linux section of the
downloads page.
This procedure also assumes that you have connected your
Epiphan Frame Grabber as described in the install chapters of this
guide.