[MPlayer-users] how to set the size of the buffer when recording tv input

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 03:02:59PM +0500, Mustafa Abbasi wrote:
> when recording tv input if proccesing reaches a 100 % mencoder seems to
> store the stream in a buffer (type thing) han takes it later when the load
> lessen. how to reducethe size of this so the buffer does not fill up my ram
> and crash (more or less) the computer. or maybe is there an option like
> -framedrop in mencoder.

It's called capturing at a lower resolution, one that your computer
can handle. Or using a less cpu-intensive codec.

Rich