Grabs video from HD firewire camera, saves it on file and plays it scaled down on ffplayer.

dvgrab -t -noavc -nostop -f hdv capturefile - | ffplay -x 640 -y 360
Grabs video from dv firewire camera, saves it on file and plays it scaled down on ffplayer. Useful to do Google+ Hangouts, and if the internet connection fails, there is still the recorded backup on the computer. "capturefile" is the filename prefix that will be stored on disc.

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By: odaibanet
2013-04-23 14:40:02
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