streaming composite video with vlc

one way to specify composite input is described in documentation for vlc streaming

http://www.videolan.org/doc/videolan-howto/en/ch08.html

here is how i encoded the stream

vlc -vvv --color v4l:/dev/video0:channel=1 --sout '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga,vb=3000,ab=256,venc=ffmpeg{keyint=80,hurry-up,vt=800000},deinterlace}:std{access=udp,mux=ts,dst=192.168.0.207:1212}' --ttl 12

with mplayer you can play the composite input stream this way
mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:input=1 tv://

an imput from s-video can be set with v4lctl in xawtv

you need to install the xawtv (apt get install xawtv)
then set the composite video input in case you have an camera attached to the a/v input

v4lctl setinput Composite1


cool stuff you can watch your tv station from home using X forward protocol (also you can record it )

ssh -X machine_with_tunner

xawtv -remote

you can check the card inputs with
v4l-info



xawtv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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