On 06-17, Ray Olszewski wrote: > Since you are using mplayer anyway ... have you tried using mencoder for > the captures? Try a command something like this (assuming you're > capturing from tapes via NTSC video and sound-card audio): > > mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:device=/dev/video0:input=1: \ > immediatemode=1:forceaudio:adevice=/dev/dsp:norm=NTSC \ > :audiorate=32000:width=320:height=240:fps=29.97 \ > -oac copy -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=medium \ > -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=9 \ > -ofps 29.97 -endpos $whichtime -o $filename > > replacing $whichtime (number of seconds to record) and $filename with > appropriate values. (Your bttv card may require input=3, but you'll know > that from using it with xawtv and streamer.) This should be directed to Ray I guess but was wondering what speed CPU he uses with the above to get 29.97fps without pauses and if the HD is UDMA100?? (NTSC tapes, sound-card line in audio and bttv BT878 capture card.. -- Hal - in Terra Alta, WV/US - Slackware GNU/Linux 10.1 (2.4.29) . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs