[MEncoder-users] mencoder on Ubuntu 10.10

[Corenflos, Steven]

I have been using mencoder to record audio and video from my Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000. I've been using the following wrapper script under 10.04:

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#!/bin/bash

outFile=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)

mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=800:height=600:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:adevice=/dev/audio1 -ovc lav
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However I updated to 10.10 the other day and now this script no longer works.

When I run it I get the following output from mencoder:

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user at host:~$ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=800:height=600:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:adevice=/dev/audio1 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o ~/projects/webcam/test.avi
MEncoder 1.0rc4-4.4.5 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
success: format: 9 data: 0x0 - 0x0
TV file format detected.
Selected driver: v4l2
name: Video 4 Linux 2 input
author: Martin Olschewski <olschewski at zpr.uni-koeln.de>
comment: first try, more to come
v4l2: your device driver does not support VIDIOC_G_STD ioctl, VIDIOC_G_PARM was used instead.
Selected device: UVC Camera (046d:0990)
Capabilites: video capture streaming
supported norms:
inputs: 0 = Camera 1;
Current input: 0
Current format: YUYV
v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument
tv.c: norm_from_string(pal): Bogus norm parameter, setting default.
v4l2: ioctl enum norm failed: Invalid argument
Error: Cannot set norm!
Selected input hasn't got a tuner!
Unable to open '/dev/audio1': No such file or directory
Unable to open '/dev/audio1': No such file or directory
Unable to open '/dev/audio1': No such file or directory
v4l2: ioctl set mute failed: Invalid argument
v4l2: 0 frames successfully processed, 0 frames dropped.
============ Sorry, this file format is not recognized/supported =============
=== If this file is an AVI, ASF or MPEG stream, please contact the author! ===
Cannot open demuxer.

Exiting...
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Can anyone please help me figure out what's going on? The video and audio work in other applications, but for some reason mencoder isn't using them. I don't like Cheese (what seems to be the recommended alternative) because it seems like I can't get equally high framerates at good resolution, and besides I want to be able to run this from the command line.

Thanks for any help!