I am burning dvds using a pvr-350, ivtv, mencoder, dvdauthor and growisofs. After much trial and tribulation, I have managed to get a dvd that is actually usable on my two standalone dvd players. The problem that I have now is that when Fast Forwarding through the video, rather than smoothly skipping through the video, I get slow motion, then jump, slow motion, then jump. I can't really tell, but I don't think it is proceeding through the file at the correct rate either ( 2x,4x,8x, etc). I copy from /dev/video0. non default ivtv settings are: ivtvctl -u 0x3000 ivtvctl -p 6 ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 I am using the following for mencoder: inputfile=$1 outputfile=$2 bitrate=$3 # added deinterlace filter # changed volume from -10 to 10 # removed volume entirely, added options from mencoder docs # changed vqmin=1 to vqmin=2 mencoder -fps 30000/1001 -of mpeg -oac copy -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:\ vbitrate=$bitrate:keyint=15:trell:mbd=2:precmp=2:subcmp=2:cmp=2:\ dia=-10:predia=-10:cbp:mv0:vqmin=2:lmin=1:dc=10 \ -mpegopts format=dvd:vaspect=4/3 \ -vf lavcdeint,harddup -noskip -o $outputfile $inputfile ( if anyone sees anything else stupid that I am doing, feel free to let me know that as well - I am really new at this. ) dvdauthor script: inputfile=$1 cat > dvdauthor.xml << EOF <dvdauthor> <vmgm /> <titleset> <titles> <pgc> <vob file="$inputfile" /> </pgc> </titles> </titleset> </dvdauthor> EOF dvdauthor -o $inputfile.dvd.d -x dvdauthor.xml growsisofs script: inputdir=$1 growisofs -Z /dev/cdwriter -dvd-compat -dvd-video $inputdir eject /dev/cdwriter Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.. markus __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com