Hi, Thank you for your reply. Got it working using v4lctl to set the device and v4lctl snap to grab test images. The image I get from ffmpeg contains just green and red blotches. Any idea why? TTYL, Adi On 6 Aug 2001, Gerd Knorr wrote: > > However, I would like to use ffmpeg, except there are no commandline > > switches to change the format. Is there a way to change the bttv driver to > > NTSC? I am game for anything, commandline tool, or source changes to make > > NTSC the default. > > > > I tried the v4lctl ('v4lctl -v 1 -c /dev/video0 setnorm NTSC') tool but it > > doesn't seem to make any permanent changes. > > These changes are permanent (until next reboot, next driver reload or > some app setting something else). Try capuring images using "v4lctl > snap ..." with and without setting the norm to NTSC first to see the > difference. Its probably ffmpeg who sets the norm back to PAL. > > Gerd > > --