On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Josef Wolf wrote: > mencoder tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:input=1:width=768:height=576:outfmt=yuy2:norm=pal:buffersize=100:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.0,0,0:amode=1:immediatemode=0 \ > -oac copy -ovc copy -of avi -ofps 25 -o video.avi > > But this complains really often about duplicated frames and dropped frames. > I am somewhat concerned about those error messages. Will this have a big > impact on recording quality? Yes, because you will pointlessly get duplicate frames and skipped frames. Redefine MAX_SKEW_DELTA in stream/tvi_v4l2.c to 0.02 and recompile mencoder. That fixed the problem for me. Regards, Marton