Suggestion for good software for previewing capture?

[The Kitchen Sink]

I use a Dazzle DVD Recorder (DVC100), and I've been using cables to split the signal between my TV and the recorder, so I can record and play on the TV at the same time. However, I recently realized that this splitting is what was causing my interlacing problems with the recording (every other row of pixels would be one frame behind the other half, resulting in an odd jagged-line effect).

I am fine with previewing it on my computer, but all previews I've seen from programs I've used have either had very small screens or they have significant lag time between what is displayed and what is actually happening (E.G. I press a button and the preview shows the action happening a second later).

So, I ask you, is there a good program that will display it in a real-time up-to-date manner and at a reasonable viewing size? (Alternately, is there a way to use my splitting cables without experiencing this interlacing problem? I don't think there is, so...)

I've been using VirtualDub to record, which is great, but the lag time is far too great to be used reasonably on its own.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, it probably wasn't a result of splitting the signal...I think it was the compression. I'm going to need to figure out how to deinterlace this. What a headache.

EDIT2: Well, I tried recording uncompressed, and it still threw mice teeth my way. I dunno what to do. This is an unrelated topic now I think, and I would have deleted this post, but I can't.

[jagabo]

Interlaced is the normal state of analog NTSC video. TVs are designed to handle interlaced video, even if they have progressive displays. Computers are designed to display progressive video so you have to force deinterlacing in your playback software, MPEG 2 decoder, or graphics card's drivers.

I believe your capture device has a hardware MPEG 2 encoder. Most capture programs buffer up a second or so of the incoming MPEG 2 stream so they can get smooth playback even if the computer is multitasking. My Hauppauge PVR-250, also a hardware MPEG 2 encoding capture device, has a driver option that reduces the buffering so the video is closer to realtime.

[SHS]

I'am pettey sure that one not Hardware Encoder jagabo

[jagabo]

You could be right. Pinnacle's web site is very vague about it.