> Is it a way to watch just 1 frame per second in xawtv, when I capture 512x384 > video ? It will help, becouse I will know when to stop recording. Not yet. If both captured video + overlay are small enouth (i.e. height < 288 for PAL), bttv will use the one field for overlay and the other one for capture. xawtv can't send captured frames to both X11 display and video stream yet, but it's on my todo list. With devices that can't do overlay at all (i.e. USB webcams for example) you have exactly the same problem. Gerd -- Man muß die Software wacker hüten weil in der Welt die Hacker wüten