> [snip] > > That is a bit too much text, I am a bit confused as to where the issues > are... > Sorry. I know I put in there extra info that wasn't necessary for solving the problem. But when I think how much I sometimes searched for examples, for the complete actual command lines that work, I thought that to write the complete lines that nearly worked for me would make some newbies somewhere relieved... > So you now leave out the -fps, does that change anything with respect > to the A-V sync issues? No. No change. Delays just as previously I described. > Without it in principle MPlayer should be able > to handle it, even if not perfectly. I guess you'll have to remove > -noskip -mc 0 though, possibly even use -mc 100. > Now this I will have to look deeper into. Trials will be following. > You could also try FFmpeg, it has variable-framerate support and also > supports capturing from v4l2. > Also if you do not care much about size and have a slow PC, you should > remove bitrate from lavcopts and instead add vqscale=2:mbd=0 > I'll look into these as well (it's the biblical MPlayer man page and associales of course, and then Dear God knows where I'll end up at) > >> ... >> mencoder -forceidx stream.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o stream_SEEKABLE.avi >> ... >> > > You can just use mplayer -forceidx to play the file, or anything that > uses libavformat (e.g. mplayer -demuxer lavf) and seeking should be > possible and more reliable than with MPEG. > I just don't want to believe, and I have to, it' the burden of proofs against me, that I couldn't figure it out myself. Regarding -forceidx. And regarding mplayer -demuxer lavf I'll probably understand it with the MPlayer fine online readings as well. And I also intend to be useful to newbies and post more.. But only if I do make it. This is a little overwhelming on me. Thanks again to Oliver and Reimar. I'll be back (if I make it... but it is likely that I will).