Dear PerlMonks, I am in need of capturing/grabbing frames via the aforementioned module. Unfortunately by running the following code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Video::Capture::V4l;
my $grab = new Video::Capture::V4l("/dev/video0") or die "Unable to op
+en Video device: $!"; print "silent error:$!\n";
$grab->sync(0) or die "unable to sync: $!\n"; #

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I obtain: 
silent error: Illegal seek
unable to sync: Invalid argument

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That suggests v4l cannot lock and sync the frame 0. I have tested, successfully, my video input via mplayer through the following command: 
mplayer -tv device=/dev/video0:input=2:driver=v4l2:width=320:height=24
+0:norm=ntsc:adevice=/dev/dsp tv://1 -zoom -aspect 4:3

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This suggests I have to find a way to pass the -tv and the tv://1 options through Video::Capture::V4l. Do you happen to know how to do this? Thank you again in advance, CptSkripto

In reply to Video::Capture::V4l tv parameters. by CptSkripto

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