[MEncoder-users] cat /dev/video0 | mencoder - ...

[Bob Tennent]

> What's the problem with mplayer /dev/video0 ?
> Either way you'll probably want a large -cache value to avoid some issues.

I don't want to view the TV-card output (in real time); I want to save
it but use x264 to compress it.

  cat /dev/video0 > file.mpg
  mencoder file.mpg ... -o file.avi

works fine but

  cat /dev/video0 | mencoder - ... -o file.avi

does not.  I'll try -cache BigNumber.

Bob T.