David Mihm wrote: > I recently unpgraded from 3.21 to 3.23 and now I am bombarded with a > continuous stream of output regardless of what debug level I define (if > any); the output is thus: > > .... > rate: video is 836 frames behind > rate: video is 838 frames behind > rate: video is 840 frames behind > rate: video is 843 frames behind > .... Yea. This is the rate control. Is supported to help trouble-shooting avi recording. Noticed this weekend that it can be somewhat annonying in grabdisplay mode... > Is there any way to turn this off? No. Will be fixed in the next version. > Or should I be alarmed? If you are just watching TV in grabdisplay mode everything is fine. If you are recording avi movies you should be worried: Your box can't keep up with the selected frame rate. Gerd -- Protecting the children is a good way to get a lot of adults who cant stand up for themselves. -- seen in some sig on /.