[MPlayer-users] mencoder -tv not recording sound...

[CD Baric]

Hi Guys:

I am trying to set up mencoder to record tv from my V4L2 card.

I am able to view TV with following command:

mplayer -tv normid=1:driver=v4l2:chanlist=us-cable:channel=3 tv:// -vf
pp=lb fps=29.97

I get a reasonable analog picture and sound - I have to control sound
volume by changing the Line In volume on my mixer.

When I try to record I use the following command:

mencoder -tv normid=1:driver=v4l2:chanlist=us-cable\
:channel=26:buffersize=1024:amode=1 \
-oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 -ovc lavc -fps 29.97 \
-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900:autoaspect=1 \
-vf pp=lb -o tv-test.avi tv://

I hear the sound but when I playback the tv-test.avi all I have is
picture, no sound.

Here is what it says when I start recording:

MEncoder 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 1)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
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 ;-)
Selected device: BT878 video (Leadtek WinFast 20
 Tuner cap:
 Tuner rxs: LANG1 LANG2
 Capabilites:  video capture  video overlay  VBI capture device  tuner
 read/write  streaming
 supported norms: 0 = PAL; 1 = NTSC; 2 = SECAM; 3 = PAL-Nc; 4 = PAL-M;
5 = PAL-N; 6 = NTSC-JP; 7 = PAL-60;
 inputs: 0 = Television; 1 = Composite1; 2 = S-Video; 3 = Composite3;
 Current input: 0
 Current format: YVU420
v4l2: current audio mode is : STEREO
Selected channel: 26 (freq: 235.250)
Audio block size too low, setting to 16384!
[V] filefmt:9  fourcc:0x32315659  size:640x480  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
Input fps will be interpreted as 29.97 instead.
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [pp=lb]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
videocodec: libavcodec (640x480 fourcc=34504d46 [FMP4])
Selected video codec: [rawyv12] vfm: raw (RAW YV12)
==========================================================================
MP3 audio selected.
Forcing audio preload to 0, max pts correction to 0.
Writing header...1f ( 0%)  0.00fps Trem:   0min   0mb  A-V:0.000 [0:0]
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
Writing header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.

I have tried different adevice options but No Joy. I have tried the
lspci hardware ID for the BT878 audio device 00:09.1 (remembering to
replace the ':' with a '.') but all I get is errors.

What can you recommend?

A couple thoughts - is it possible to SEE the program as you record
it? Is it possible to briefly print the channel number on the video
when changing channels?

Thanks,

CD Baric