Noob VirtualDub help

[zamac_man]

When I go to device under virtualdub I can select
micrsoft capture
ads ptv
ads instant dvd
video file

When I select ads ptv (my capture card) I get an error when I start to capture. It says unable to start capture.

I was reading a guide online and that is how it said to do it. I can do it under the microsoft one, but it is lagging very bad (8 fps)

I have a p4 2.4, 1gig ram, and capturing on a brand new seperate HD, running windows xp.

[zoobie]

how about capping with another ap like WinDV or DVIO?

[jagabo]

Are you trying to compress as you capture? Many codecs aren't fast enough for that. Which ADS PTV do you have? They have many models that start with that. Some of them aren't likely to work with VirtualDub's capture module.

[zamac_man]

its a 305, and I have tried compressoin and no compression.

Let me try those other softwares

[jagabo]

That's a hardware MPEG2 encoder card. It's not likely to work with VirtualDub. It's definitely not going to work with WinDV or DVIO. Use the software that came with it or BeyondTV.

[jman98]

I'm sure jagabo is onto something. I can tell you that there are many MPEG-1/2 encoder cards that are completely incapable of capturing in AVI mode. Unfortunately, there are always people who post at various places and claim "I was able to get Virtual Dub to work with card X, which is supposed to be an MPEG only card, and I was able to capture in AVI mode with no problems" yet there is no evidence of any kind that is true. I did a little research and there is nothing to suggest that this card can capture in AVI. It's actually a chipset limitation in the card. You'd be best served to avoid trying to capture in VirtualDub (which by the way is incredibly complicated for newbies to use) and use whatever software came with your card. The "unable to start capture card" error is what you get when trying to capture in AVI format on an MPEG encoding card.

[dadrab]

I've got a Hauppauge PVR-350 and use the included software to capture with. It works wonderfully.

I also have a digital camcorder that I transfer to PC using WinDV. It works very well also...

But

...the two are not interchangable.

I'd stick with the software your card came with to capture.

Save VirtualDub for processing - where it does a more than admirable job.

[jagabo]

VirtualDub doesn't read MEPG2 so he'd have to use VirtualDubMPEG2 or VirtualDubMod.