[MPlayer-users] mencoder and the bt878 card

[Paul TT]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:14:28 -0700
discord <psientist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I seem to be having trouble using mencoder to capture video on my
> computer. I am able to watch video using tvtime. I am using the
> composite input on my card. When I look at the modules the card it looks
> like im using v4l2. I notice a msg about v4l backwards compatibility
> being broken when I try using this command from the manpage
> 
> mencoder  -tv driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 tv://-o tv.avi
> 
> File not found: 'frameno.avi'
> Failed to open frameno.avi
> success: format: 9  data: 0x0 - 0x0
> TV detected! ;-)
> Selected driver: v4l
>  name: Video 4 Linux input
>  author: Alex Beregszaszi
>  comment: under development
> =================================================================
>  WARNING: YOU ARE USING V4L DEMUXER WITH V4L2 DRIVERS!!!
>  As the V4L1 compatibility layer is broken, this may not work.
>  If you encounter any problems, use driver=v4l2 instead.
>  Bugreports on driver=v4l with v4l2 drivers will be ignored.
> =================================================================

didi you try

-tv driver:v4l2:...
as the message above says????