DVR, also known as Digital Video Recorder, is software that allows users to record and store digital video content. It is a tool that enables users to pause, rewind, and fast-forward live television broadcasts or recorded programming.
DVR simultaneously records video and audio streams and uses the standard AVI file format for data storage. It employs common codecs such as mpg4 for video and mp3 for audio. The software writes segmented files to divide large files and takes advantage of multi-processor computers. DVR even offers horizontal margin removal while capturing.
DVR's graphical user interface is not just good-looking but incredibly user-friendly as well. Its direct "start" and "stop" buttons, simultaneous preview and capture (depending on your hardware's capabilities), fullscreen preview, and configurable start time and duration are just some of the noteworthy features of the DVR GUI. DVR keeps users updated with comprehensive details during recording, including free space left, frames lost, and CPU usage. It even saves parameters on stop and reloads them on launch. For non-English speaking users, DVR is also translated into English, French, and German.
DVR can be launched simultaneously with multiple video sources and can run without X-Window as a standalone background task. Currently, the software is being developed to start recording on motion detection and remote distributed control. Furthermore, DVR requires a video device driven by the V4L interface, shared qt-3 libraries (or later), shared avifile 0.7 libraries, and pthread libraries.
Overall, DVR is a superb software for recording digital video on a Linux computer with its advanced features, user-friendly interface, and efficient performance.
Version 3.2: N/A