[MPlayer-users] mencoder records no audio from tv source

[Sakari Ailus]

Chris Cox wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 November 2004 12:04 pm, Sakari Ailus wrote:
>>Chris Cox wrote:
>>
>>>mencoder -oac mp3lame -ovc lavc -lameopts mode=1:vbr=2:q=4 -lavcopts
>>>vcodec=mpeg4 -tv
>>>driver=v4l2:norm=ntsc:adevice=/dev/dsp:width=352:height=240 -af
>>>volume=-50 -o tv.avi tv://
>>>
>>>I get everything but audio.  Any ideas how to also record audio?
>>
>>Try older version, e.g. 1.0pre3try2. It'd be interesting to know whether
>>it works on 1.0pre4 works or not...
>>
>>I reported this on this list a while ago, and made a bug report.
>>
>><URL:http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2004-October/049182.html>
>><URL:http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=122>
> I tried that as well.  It just does the same thing.. when I play it back again 
> I hear a couple of loud popping sounds, I can see the video but no sound.  
> Funny thing is , I can hear the audio while it is recording but on play back 
> I get nothing.

Can you record the audio with another program, e.g. brec? If not, then 
the problem is probably not related to Mplayer.

Also check that the audio bitrate is not zero.

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Sakari Ailus
sakari.ailus at saunalahti.fi