[MPlayer-users] mencoder

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 07:58:57PM +0100, Benedikt Huber wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> hi
> 
> i got some questions about recording with v4l using mplayer
> 
> 1) Is there a proper way to end the recording (that is, with out
> Control-C or a SIGQUIT signal ?). 

Use ^C or SIGINT to terminate manually. This will do a clean exit
including writing the avi index. SIGQUIT will immediately terminate,
not clean!

> 2) Is it possible to set the recording time (as it is possible with vcr,
> for example) ?

Use -endpos or -frames. (RTFM for details)

Rich