Thanks for everyone's response. I eventually got it working by switching from OSS to ALSA (which, it sounds like is the better sound system) and ensuring the Capture line wasn't muted. This brings me to my new problem. When I record from TV, everyone's voice seems too high pitch and there is a high pitch 'ringing' sound in the background. I am using the standard cable that goes from the output of the TV card to the line-in on my sound card. I am using mencoder and here is what I issue: mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:input=0:width=320:height=240:fps=29.97:norm=ntsc:alsa \ -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 \ -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=96 \ -vop pp=lb -o mp_out.avi < /dev/null It almost seems to me that the TV Card is outputting too low a volume. I tried using v4lctl volume 60000 but it seems to have no effect. Does some sort of mixer for the TV Card need to be loaded for this command to work?? Increasing the Capture (Input gain) only seems to make it worse. I have tried everything to fix this but nothing improves the situation. I did try to record through the btaudio driver instead but I couldn't get it working. If anybody has encountered this problem and has a solution I would be happy to hear it. Otherwise, I might try the ALSA list. Jason On Sat, 03 May 2003 11:49:43 -0700 Jason <jtc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HI All, > > I have an ATI TV Wonder VE and have been able to get it working with TV > Time perfectly and am able to record video with a variety of tools > (mencoder, transcode, nuppelvideo, etc.) Problem is I am unable to > either record the sound or play it back. > > One thing I do know is that my sound "card" (it's an onboard AC'97) can > only playback at 48kHz. Would this be the source of my problem? Is > there any way around this or is my only option to go out and buy a sound > card? > > Thanks in advance to anybody who can give me advice on this. > > Jason > > > > -- > video4linux-list mailing list > Unsubscribe > mailto:video4linux-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
