Just curious. I've done something odd here, and after a little bit of fighting, have gotten it working. System details related are: OS : FreeBSD 4-STABLE (RELENG_4 as of yesterday) mplayer-0.99.5_5 (FreeBSD port) Card : Hauppauge WinTV+FM PCI. (BT878) My question is this -- Is there any way, when using the "norm=NTSC" option to change the -source- resolution? I expect the answer is no, since resolution is intimately tied to the NTSC standard. If that is indeed the case, I could use some help getting the mencoder settings right in the "-tv" section. It seems if I neglect the "norm=NTSC" part, that no matter what I specify for FPS, Height, Width, or whatever else, it always captures at 1FPS.. apparently I'm missing some options that I need to get this working properly.. For example: mencoder \ -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0:input=5:norm=NTSC \ -o test.avi \ -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200 \ tv:// works properly exactly as expected, however.. mencoder \ -tv driver=bsdbt848:device=/dev/bktr0:input=5:fps=29.97:width=640:height=480 \ -o test.avi \ -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200 \ tv:// Does not and results in the dreaded "1fps" capture rate. I'm trying to capture the tv-out from another computer (svideo -> svideo), and I should be able to get a bit over 640x480 using this direct connection. I would think 800x600 at least, if not 1024x768 (if I'm lucky). Any help would be appreciated. -allen