Ok, somebody please tell me I'm not crazy: I've been experiencing problems with audio/video synchronization when capturing MJPEG avi files using xawtv. I tested on three different systems, with three different sound cards, and two sets of sound drivers, but the results are always the same - when capturing long video sequences, upwards of an hour, I see the video diverging from the audio by anything from a second or two to around five seconds. Now, I don't like whining when I can instead read the source. It turns out that xawtv's capture code is trying hard to sync the video to the system's real time clock. I hacked it so it now synchs to the audio time line, and I no longer lose sync, even after capturing video for over an hour. Except for some minor issues, that's good enough for me. I asked Gerd about it, and as far as I can see, he is in the opinion that I'm wrong, his code is doing the right thing, and that my sound card is a piece of crap. Actually, the sound card IS a piece of crap, and I said it, not Gerd. He merely agrees with me on that. So, am I the only one who's having problems with xawtv's capture code, am I imagining things, or what? Thanks in advance for the diagnosis, Ori Pessach
