On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, RC wrote: >> mencoder tv:// -tv input=1:norm=NTSC:driver=v4l2 -of mpeg \ >> -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -quiet -o foo.mpg > There are plenty of other quality issues with your minimal command-line > you probably want to fix as well. OK, I guess I should have read the HTML documentation not just the manpage. Any specific recommendations ? This seems better : $ mencoder -tv input=1:norm=NTSC:driver=v4l2 \ -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -vf pp=lb,crop=640:464:0:4 \ -o foo.avi tv:// Is there anything to be gained by capturing in MJPEG or raw format then doing a 2-pass MPEG conversion offline ? -- Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada