[MEncoder-users] capture: synchronization problems

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 11:32:07AM +0100, newsgrabber at poczta.onet.pl wrote:
> 
> > Seems likely using a normal soundcard (and dropping your audiorate
> > workaround), rather than your built-in chipset, would probably prevent this
> > from happening.
> 
> I just realized that I was doing similar captures on mandrake 9.1 and mencoder 
> 0.x on the same hardware and this problem never occurred. 
> 
> Does this support your theory? Just asking, because it would be nice to know 
> it before I buy a new soundcard. :-)
> 
> Meanwhile - trying lower fps...

fps is not something you get to pick. video has a particular fps, and
cannot be converted in any sane way. if your computer is too slow,
lower the horizontal resolution. this is the only thing at your
disposal to choose.

rich