[MPlayer-users] mencoder tv capture video problem

[joekewl at socal.rr.com]

> > Maybe: ...width=320:height=240:fps=29...]
> > try -aoc pcm to take sound 1:1 with no compresion first and higher
> > bitrate of video to not charge cpu
>
> NO!!! NEVER WRITE FPS=29 OR THE WRATHFUL DEITIES OF NTSC WILL DESCEND
> UPON THEE WITH BOUNDLESS MALICE AND DESTROY YOUR PITIFUL BODY!!!!!
>
> Ok, with that said, NTSC framerate is 29.97 (~30), not 29.00. There
> was a huge bug until just recently though which resulted in default
> fps being 29.00 on ntsc systems, which gave horrible choppy
> recordings. So what's why I'm very snappy when people say fps=29! :)
>
> As for the original poster's question, I think the issue is probably
> that mencoder's confused about whether the audio it's capturing is
> mono or stereo...

Thanks for the input, unfortunatly, it seems to be of little help when
changed to the following settings:

mencoder -tv
on:driver=v4l:adevice=/dev/dsp:norm=NTSC:width=320:height=240 -ovc
lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1100 -oac pcm -vop pp=lb -o output.avi