[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] v4l capture RC1(?)

[Felix Buenemann]

On Saturday 10 August 2002 17:43, Robert Kesterson wrote:
> > > could others - with v4l card, i don't have any - test it with various
> > > configuration/hardware and report results?
>
> I have an Athlon 1600+, WinTV card (Bt848), 512MB RAM, U160 SCSI drives,
> motherboard sound (es1371) and OSS drivers, running kernel 2.4.19-pre5.
> I've tried every mencoder command posted in this thread in the last few
> days, and allof them have the same problem -- I *immediately* start
> getting a huge number of "too bad - audio frame dropped" messages.
>
> I am capturing in NTSC mode (29.97 fps) from the composite input, at
> 352x240.  In watching the progress bar, it looks like mencoder is only
> hitting about 27 fps, which is probably why it's dropping things.  What am
> I doing wrong?  I've tried using pcm and mp3lame as audio out codecs, but
> it doesn't make any difference.

Some ensonique cards have a bad clockgenerator (frequency is off) which can 
lead to problems, dunno if it interferes with this capture code or is your 
problem. But probably wort a try with a borrowed soundcard.

> --
>   Robert Kesterson
>   robertk at robertk.com
>

-- 
Best Regards,
        Atmos
____________________________________________
- MPlayer Developer - http://mplayerhq.hu/ -
____________________________________________