[FFmpeg-user] Newbie needs help on capture video/audio using ffmpeg on RPI

[Tom Sparks]

On 15/05/2020, Ram Shaffir <ram at ram.sh> wrote:
>> You are trying to convert a RAW 1080p @ 60fps (1988671 kb/s) stream to
>> h.264 504p @ 30fps (2100Kb/s), the raspberry PI *DOES NOT* have the CPU
>> power and the USB bus cant
>> handle 248.583875 Mbytes/s
>
> Hmm... any suggestions on how to make it work? A different HW between the
> GoPro and the PI that does most of the encoding? Something like this:
> https://www.epiphan.com/products/avio-hd/  (this solution does not work with
> the PI according to their support), but maybe something else?
>
> I truly need to find a solution to this, and your support is priceless!!

Why do you need to use a Gopro?

When a webcam can do the job?