>> mencoder -fps 25 -ofps 25 -noskip -mc 0 -vf harddup,softskip tv:// -tv >> input=1:driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:normid=3:input=1:alsa:adevice=hw.0:audiorate=48000:amode=1:width=768:height=576 >> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:autoaspect:vbitrate=8000 -oac mp3lame >> -srate 48000 -lameopts cbr:preset=standard -endpos 100 -o VHS155_`date >> +%H%M%S`.avi >> > > While I do not know if it can even work without, -fps 25 tells > MPlayer/mencoder to assume that there are always exactly 25 frames per > second. If the capture card loses sync during the bad sections and does > not produce any frames that is of course not going to work out at all. > > Thanks for trying to help. 25 frames per second is the PAL standard, it's by the book and by the google that anyone, as far as I had searched earlier, capturing PAL VHS on composite input do (some even recommend -fps 50)... I guess the Windoze also have 25 fps assembled in the program that captures composite... What command do you use for capturing VHS on composite/S-Video input of your card?