Hi, looks to me like you don't tell lame how to process the sound. add -lameopts mode=1:vbr=0:br=96:aq=0 or some other string depending on your preferences. use -oac pcm if you want to postpone compressing audio to reduce cpu demand while grabbing. Hope this helps, Karl -----Original Message----- From: JF L. [mailto:jf.l@netcourrier.com] Sent: Dienstag, 9. September 2003 23:33 To: mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu Subject: [MPlayer-users] Recording sound from line-in when grabbing tv [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html] Hi, I have a problem with mencoder and I don't find an answer searching all archives... I am able to grabb video from my v4l device (rivatv driver) but I can't record sound. The sound comes from line-in, so I tried to use "forceaudio" and "adevice" like this: mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:norm=SECAM:input=0:width=352:height=288:adevice=/dev/ dsp:forceaudio -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -oac mp3lame -o output.avi -v or mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l:norm=SECAM:input=0:width=352:height=288:adevice=hw.0:alsa:forceau dio -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=900 -oac mp3lame -o output.avi -v [...]