It must be using Object Oriented Programing ? Its a miracle it comes up with the same Input, Standart and even Picture settings ! It saves when gracefully exiting... Obviously that would be the choice of the programmer to just offer a save settings button or keycombination Anyhow its besides the point If any of you suspect I am using it to watch TV - or for any other kind of entertainment of the senses - far from it Really I am just hoping to undertand the whole v4l issue well enough to serve Initially some images like a webcam app then eventually also videostreams Is the List archived and searchable ? Thanks for all your Great Work Heroes of the Revolution :) Tobias