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experimenting with various arguments mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=720:height=480:device=/dev/video0 mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=720:height=480:device=/dev/video0:alsa=1:adevice=hw.3,0:amode=1:audiorate=32000:forceaudio:volume=100:immediatemode=0no success here. hard wire hack is the only option right now. This produces a picture but no audio: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:norm=NTSC:input=0:amode=1:width=720:height=480:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0 Now trying to add audio: mplayer tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:norm=NTSC:input=0:amode=1:alsa=1:adevice=hw.3,0:audiorate=32000:width=720:height=480:outfmt=yv12:device=/dev/video0 *alsa=1 (use alsa)*adevice=hw.3,0 (use direct hardware access with device 0 of card 3 which is the Plextor ConvertX on my system)*audiorate=32000 (audio sample rate)*amode=1 (stereo)