[MPlayer-users] Audio recording problem from VCR

[RC]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:43:09 +0100
Martin Emrich <emme at emmes-world.de> wrote:

> All of that changes when I add "forceaudio" to the -tv option. Now
> audio is recorded fine, but I get many "video buffer full - dropping
> frame" messages, and the framerate drops to ca. 6-8fps. CPU usage of
> mencoder is only at ca. 11%.

Sounds like a buggy soundcard driver.   Try different values for
audiorate, and perhaps try installing a different soundcard.