[MEncoder-users] options in ~/.mplayer/mencoder aren't accepted

[Dieter]

> I want to record from my tv capture card with mencoder, so I put some options 
> into the config-file in order to have a shorter command line.

I accomplished this goal with a shell script.  Three arguments: channel number,
number of minutes to record, and description of program.  I schedule the
script with an at job.