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    ... then consider creating a profile for audio capture where ''-acodec pcm_s16le''  is replaced by ''-acodec libvorbis -b 320k''
    ... then consider creating a profile for audio capture where ''-acodec pcm_s16le''  is replaced by ''-acodec libvorbis -b 320k''. See [[Special:myLanguage/Kdenlive/Manual/Settings_Menu/Configure_Kdenlive#Capture|Configure Kdnelive]]


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    Revision as of 15:09, 4 January 2013

    Capturing

    Kdenlive provides functionality for capturing video from external devices - Firewire, FFmpeg, Screen Grab and Blackmagic.

    You configure video capturing from Settings -> Configure Kdenlive -> Capture (more on this here).

    You define the location your captures will end up using Settings -> Configure Kdenlive -> Environment -> Default Folders (more on this here).

    To execute a video capture select the Record Monitor and choose the capture device from the drop down in the bottom right.

    Firewire

    This captures video from sources connected via a firewire (also known as - IEEE 1394 High Speed Serial Bus) card and cable.

    FFmpeg

    I believe this captures video from an installed Web Cam using Video4Linux2.

    Screen Grab

    This captures video of the PC screen. In version 0.9.2 it uses recordMyDesktop to do the capture. There is an open defect with this functionality in ver 0.9.2 - See bug tracker ID 2643.

    In version 0.9.3 the Screen grab is done by the ffmpeg functionality instead. For screen capture to work in ver 0.9.3 the version of ffmpeg installed needs to have been compiled with the --enable-x11grab option. Ubuntu comes with an ffmpeg compiled with this option.

    To check on your linux distro type "ffmpeg -version" in a terminal and look for --enable-x11grab in the reported configuration info. [1]

    If you are capturing screen and using the X246 with audio settings and you get a crash as shown in the screen shot ...

    ... then consider creating a profile for audio capture where -acodec pcm_s16le is replaced by -acodec libvorbis -b 320k. See Configure Kdnelive

    Blackmagic

    This is for capturing from Blackmagics decklink video capture cards (AFAIK). Not sure how stable this code is at the moment. See defect 2130.

    Footnotes

    1. There are two branches of ffmpeg now a Libav branch and a ffmpeg.org branch. The ffmpeg version from the later reports the configuration when you run with "ffmpeg -version". The Libav version does not. So this method to check for the --enable-x11grab does not work if you have libav version of ffmpeg.