mike lewis wrote .. > On 12/18/06, Elizabeth Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Using mencoder to record my tv i have a variable lag for the audio. At > the > > beginning it may be a few seconds behind and then appear to catch up > later. > > > > I thought that the cpu load was to blame and reduced the recording video > size > > but it doesn't seem to be any better. > > > > What else do i need to check? > > Well.. I gave up and bought a DVB-T card. THis way teh stream comes > interleaved. I think there are some syncing problems which come from > some clocks on some sound cards. I think CPU is a synching problem > source, and I think mencoder just struggles to record TV.
i had a cx-88 but took it out for the saa7134 as i though it was a better card > > So, what is your mencoder command? > mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:chanlist=australia:volume=100:width=352:height=288 tv://28 -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4000 -endpos 60 -noskip -o /tmp/record.avi > Have you tried dumping the stream to HD and encoding offline? (this > takes big HD). not tried that but that is an option HDD=250G > > Are you recoding sound off the card directly or sound input through > the soundcard? > i'm not sure just from where i'm recording the sound - i think via the sound card the saa7134 does have an output seen in kmixer but i'm not sure how to use that output instead > Mick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mencoder -v > > MEncoder 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer > Team > > CPU: Intel Pentium 4/Celeron D Prescott; Pentium D/XE Smithfield; Xeon > > Nocona,Irwindale (Family: 15, Stepping: 1) > > CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > > 91 audio & 204 video codecs > > > > freevo is 1.5.4 > > thanks for the assistance liz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
