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diff --git a/doc/indevs.texi b/doc/indevs.texi index e699e11f42..dd167b8060 100644 --- a/doc/indevs.texi +++ b/doc/indevs.texi @@ -179,6 +179,55 @@ ffmpeg -f fbdev -frames:v 1 -r 1 -i /dev/fb0 screenshot.jpeg See also @url{http://linux-fbdev.sourceforge.net/}, and fbset(1). +@section iec61883 + +FireWire DV/HDV input device using libiec61883. + +The iec61883 capture device supports capturing from a video device +connected via IEEE1394 (FireWire), using libiec61883 and the new Linux +FireWire stack (juju). This is the default DV/HDV input method in Linux +Kernel 2.6.37 and later, since the old FireWire stack was removed. + +Specify the FireWire port to be used as input file, or "auto" +to choose the first port connected. + +@subsection Options + +@table @option + +@item dvtype +Override autodetection of DV/HDV. This should only be used if auto +detection does not work, or if usage of a different device type +should be prohibited. Treating a DV device as HDV (or vice versa) will +not work and result in undefined behavior. +The values @option{auto}, @option{dv} and @option{hdv} are supported. + +@item dvbuffer +Set maxiumum size of buffer for incoming data, in frames. For DV, this +is an exact value. For HDV, it is not frame exact, since HDV does +not have a fixed frame size. + +@end table + +@subsection Examples + +@itemize + +@item +Grab and show the input of a FireWire DV/HDV device. +@example +ffplay -f iec61883 -i auto +@end example + +@item +Grab and record the input of a FireWire DV/HDV device, +using a packet buffer of 100000 packets if the source is HDV. +@example +ffmpeg -f iec61883 -i auto -hdvbuffer 100000 out.mpg +@end example + +@end itemize + @section jack JACK input device. |