[ivtv-users] cat /dev/video0 suddently stops after capturing a looong time

[Bryan Henderson]

On 8/3/08, Peter Michael Jensen <peter.michael.jensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I make a "cat /dev/video0 > /mnt/media/video/test.mpg" everything seems
> fine but when it runs for a long time it suddently stops caturing video
> (sometimes 30 minutes sometimes 1,5 hours, etc.). I just stops without any
> dmesg, etc.

Does 'cat' terminate then, or continue to run without capturing anything?

'dd' is a far better program than 'cat' to use for this.  It performs
more predictable I/O, gives you more control, and gives you more
information when things fail.