> v4lctl can be used to turn volume on if bcast2000 failes to do so. Using v4lctl volume "10000" the sound works, but bcast says the video device is busy meaning I can record sound but no video :-( Xawtv works fine though. I guess it's all due to bcast. Perhaps I should look for same other application that can do the job. Thanks for your help so far, Marcel Janssen http://members.home.nl/mphm.janssen ICQ# 6626928