[FFmpeg-user] Input to ffmpeg from Sony HDR-XR550 video camera

[ArnoB]

On 19 aug 2012, at 12:51, tps wrote:

> Carl Eugen Hoyos writes: 
>> Thomas Seilund <tps <at> netmaster.dk> writes: 
>>> Now I have a much better Sony HRD-XR550 HD camera and I simply can not find a way to get the output from the camera into ffmpeg!
>> How does the output of ffmpeg -i file_from_camera
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> If I connect to camera using USB then the harddisk on the camera is mounted as /media/disk. 
> Here is type of the files recorded by the camera: 
> ffmpeg -i /media/disk/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00714.MTS
> ffmpeg version N-39664-g6bfb304 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
> built on Apr 10 2012 14:19:40 with gcc 4.6.1
> configuration: --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx --enable-parser=h264
> libavutil      51. 46.100 / 51. 46.100
> libavcodec     54. 14.101 / 54. 14.101
> libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
> libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
> libavfilter     2. 67.101 /  2. 67.101
> libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
> libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
> libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
> Input #0, mpegts, from '/media/disk/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00714.MTS':
> Duration: 00:00:59.30, start: 1.000033, bitrate: 6670 kb/s
> Program 1
>   Stream #0:0[0x1011]: Video: h264 (High) (HDMV / 0x564D4448), yuv420p, 1440x1080 [SAR 4:3 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
>   Stream #0:1[0x1100]: Audio: ac3 (AC-3 / 0x332D4341), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 256 kb/s
>   Stream #0:2[0x1200]: Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle ([144][0][0][0] / 0x0090) 
> This way it seems to be easy to get the video files on the camera to my linux computer. 
> BUT, I want to get the file on the camera to my linux computer as the video is being recorded. 
> Is that possible?? 
> Thanks 
> Thomas S


You mean you want to stream the video directly from the censor into
your screen? Not grab the recorded files from the storage...

arno