On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 03:02:59PM +0500, Mustafa Abbasi wrote:

when recording tv input if proccesing reaches a 100 % mencoder seems to store the stream in a buffer (type thing) han takes it later when the load lessen. how to reducethe size of this so the buffer does not fill up my ram and crash (more or less) the computer. or maybe is there an option like -framedrop in mencoder.

It's called capturing at a lower resolution, one that your computer can handle. Or using a less cpu-intensive codec. Rich