[MPlayer-users] Capturing using mencoder

[Ian]

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J. Grant wrote, on 22/06/03 16:37:

> but if I try and capture with the following line the capture seems to 
> "spool" in ram (upto about 200MB usage), then it dropps loads of frames 
> and i quit it.  I've got a fast comp (1ghz athlon + 384MB ram) with a 
> Brooktree Corporation Bt878 (rev 02) card.
> 
> mencoder  -tv  on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 -o tv.avi -ovc lavc 
> -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg  -oac mp3lame
> 
> 
> Any ideas anyone?

mjpeg seems to "free-run" at the highest possible quality (ignoring 
bitrate requests) unless you do something like:

vcodec=mjpeg:vqscale=15

experiment to get the bitrate you want.

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