i record from tvtuner with mencoder but i cant figure out, how to stop the recording. i type the command in the terminal and it starts running. also, the sound comes on. but when i close the terminal, the sound stays on.
so what is the proper way to end a recording?

just ctrl+c it..... or send it a sighup

thanks. ctrl+c is what i was looking for. somehow i did not find it in the manual.

but now i have another problem - i cant get any sound to my tv recordings. the sound is ok, when i watch tv with mplayer or tvtime, the sound even plays during mencoder recording, but for some reason it does not end up in the output file and i get no sound.
is use this command:

mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480 tv:// -o tv.avi -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame

i also tried -oac pcm and -oac lavc, no results.
i am using suse9.1
tv-tuner is winfast 2000 xp, the sound goes to the soundcard from the tuner.

recording and playback volumes are normally controlled seperately on a soundcard, use aumix or a similar applciation to check the level of (typically) IGain. this is the recording volume normally.

thank you! got it working now.