Gv4l is a gui frontend for the v4l functions of transcode
(http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/ and
http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/).
As of transcode 0.6.7 you can record/watch from your v4l tuner and/or
webcams and possibly other (?) v4l devices.


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* Pre-Install Requirements *
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1. Transcode 0.6.7 or later (0.5.x and earlier don't support v4l
			     and there are changes since 0.6.0)
   Download from transcode's site (http://zebra.fh-weingarten.de/~transcode/)
   

2. Xawtv - http://bytesex.org/xawtv/
   Transcode uses the .xawtv config file for the channels etc.

   Expert users may edit and copy the included in Gv4l's package
   sample .xawtv file to their home directory, although I recommend
   installing Xawtv.

3. Install some Codecs if you haven't already (ffmpeg is included in transcode)
	DIVX4/5 - http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/
	XviD - http://www.xvid.org
	others if you wish


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* Installation from source *
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1. gunzip/untar (apparently you got that right since you're reading this ;))

   tar zxfv gv4l-2.2.3.tar.gz

2. enter the directory and run configure

   cd gv4l-2.2.3
   ./configure

3. run make and make install (make install should be executed as root)

   make
   su (enter your root password)
   make install

4. run "gv4l" (without the quotes) and enjoy!

5. Check for new releases at http://gv4l.sf.net.
   Contributions of code/fixes/suggestions/money/etc. are accepted!

Have Fun.
