Forum: Capturing and VCR

My TV Capture to SVCD Setup and Recommendations The Problem: ----------------- To be able to capture TV (specifically the cartoon Samurai Jack) in the easiest and most effective manner that will result in the best quality and most quantity that will fit on a CD and play on my DVD player. My...

Hi. I am considering buy an ATI AIW Radeon 7500 with capture capability. Basically, I will use it to capture vhs movies and movies from directv into vcd and then burn it. I would like to know what is the best way to capture + encode with the best quality including what program I will need...

DAZZLE DVC 80 and MGI Videowave 4 I installed Dazzle DVC 80 and MGI Videowave 4 on my P-III 866 MHz 768 MB RAM and 60 GB HD , Windows 98 SE system but initially it doesnt work. Turned into Dazzle support and downloaded drivers for Dazzle and 1 patch for MGI videowave 4. But still, I couldnt...

which is better??? Dazzle USB Digital Video creator or ADS USB Instant DVD?? Pls can anyone comment or help me in deciding??? Thanks, agprabhakar

Im considering the following set-up: Having a long s-video lead from my living room to my spare room (under the floor boards) - connecting my a/v amp to a hollywood dv bridge then into my mac. The lead would be about 15-20 feet. Would this cause any degrigation in the picture? I plan to...

I need to make a cd and one song I need is only available on cassette tape. How can I capture to a wav file so I can burn to a cd? I know the quality will be marginal but I need this song. I have a microphone in on my sound card, I also have acid pro 3.0 from sonic foundry.

when i capture to vcd, cvd or svcd from vhs. is it the video gona be in Digital or Analog format??? just wanna know. thanks

I read in another forum that it is possible to setup MMC to auto split the capture file into multiple files that will fit on 1 CD. Can this be done? I went through all the settings but could not find the option.

Hi First post please be kind. When capturing music videos the sound will sometimes increase then go back to normal, this happens intermitently dont know why this is happening. can someone please help. Thanks

Hello, I am having a problem with some capturing I am doing. I have a cheapo internal audio card with 1/8th inch outputs/inputs on the back of the computer. I also have an external SoundBlaster Extigy, which connects to my computer via USB. I am trying to capture from an S-VIDEO video...

My computer now captures very well since I implemented Suliks registry fix. He mentioned that the problem was related to ACPI. Im considering doing a fresh install with no ACPI (I have my current system backed up with Norton Ghost). I found this tip:...

Guys Ive searched the forums but havent seen anyone doing this. Thoughts, opinions, real-world observations? I want a second drive specifically for captures, but dont want a second IDE drive slaved with the primary. Would this be a killer setup or what? An 80GB LaCie Firewire drive is $239...

Has anyone been able to get ATIs MMC to record in 480x480 mode for SVCDs? I can set Power VCD II to that resolution so it is a capability of the card. Not sure how to do it with MMC.

I picked up a dazzle usb 80 and I can get audio in the video wave program it came with when I select dv80 as the audio source instead of my sound card. However I would rather use virtualdub but I can only select the source for the video. Any suggestions.

My Asus V7700 card is capturing in black and white only. Is this right, or have I missed something which will allow me to capture in colour?

Hello, thanx for reading/helping. I have an old movie on a VHS tape, I love this movie soooo much, but I want to get onto the computer before the tape disintegrates forever. I have a camcorder, Sony TR7000, the necessary Firewire cables and ports and the VCR hooked up to the camcorder....

Hi. Im getting crackling sounds on the audio side when I capture video. Does anyone know why this is happening? Or how I can prevent it? The video capture is working well. What Im doing: Capturing short movie clips from VHS.

I recently learned of the CVCD format (NTSC 352x480 2600Bit Rate) and took a shot at it. I have a 1.2 gig emachine with a TV wonder card, and powercvrII 3.0 (with tweeks) and have been trying to convert my home movies, commercial movies, and TV over to a digital format to play on my apex 1100W...

What is the best Capturing software for firewire card !! Digital capturing software !!! Thanks Stolla stolla@ananzi.co.za

(I didt find this - i try to search - sorry if this is FAQ) Problem is that, now and then, usually when you change custom-recording-properties from setup, then next time starting MMC-TV some of my selected channels are gone... Not permanently but not in viewable -list. Second problem arise...

Anyone has experience with Canopus ADVC-1394? Are they out in retail chanel yet?

I want transfer old 8mm videos to DVD. What I want to do is capture at 640 x 480, 24-bit color @ 30 fps, but with my current system the best I can do is about 480 x 320 at 30 fps without serious frame drop. Ive tried the tweaks (disabling other devices, no programs running in background,...

I use PowerVCRII for most of my captures but when capturing there will be lines that pop up from time to time across the screen. This happens no matter what the video settings are. Im capturing from directv satelite by plugging the rca cables into the composite slot and the noise into the line in...

I had a Sony TRV27 miniDVcam and Im trying to pass through from my DVD to the PC but I receive a copyright notice in the camera display. The manual says "you cannot record or capture the video output ...that include copyright protection signals such as the ID-2 system". There is anyway to Hack...

I have a Sony CCD-TR818 cam and it was dropped recently. It appears to be working fine, but, now and then something rattles on the very bottom inside. It appears that if I can just open the bottom of the cam enough I can get whatever it is that is rattleing out. ANyone know where I can...

Hi, i seem to be having some troubles. I just got a win tv card and installed it perfectly. everything like the software and capturing through my cam works, but there is no sound. there doesnt seem to be a audio input (white) socket for my cam, only the yellow video socket. The card has a audio...

I just spend some money on a new Tv-card so i can capture and then convert to SVCD 480x576 and 25 fps but i seen some clip from other things and i cant make the same quality like that what am i doing wrong ?

I cant seem to get sound when capturing with virtual dub. I tried all the things that it said in the tutorials and still nothing works. When i capture with WinDVR it works fine. I also tried virtual vcr and that doesnt give me sound either. I have a ati tv wonder VE. The other thing is, when im in...

when capturing for a vcd do i need to stick to 1150kbit/sec? i have been trying to capture a video of mine, i have been trying all kinds of differnet settings, and i understand now i need to capture 352 x 288b, but what settings for the video bitrate have to be??

New to the scene, so please forgive my Naiveness :D I start up Vdub (1.4.10) and hit the "Capture AVI". I go to Video | Format, and choose 352x288 and choose YUY2 as my compression (Ive also tried RGB24 getting the same error). When I hit OK i get an: "Error 418: unsupported video format" ...

I would like to do the following: Record VHS tape to be played on my Apex 1100 W DVD player. Play a CD with still pictures on the DVD player in slideshow fashion. I would also like to be able to edit video captured from VHS (or S video input) and produce a "movie" I have a CDRW drive...

how do i fix this ,hope some1 can help,cant seem to find earlier posts of this

ahh.... ive tried reinstalling .. to no avail .. when i click the produce button either ms crashes or it does nothing... is bugsy better to use? how about the quality? tried it last night.. seemed to work well if not better.. but how about the "producing" phase of ms which i think is not...

I cant seem to find a guide on how to set up Premiere. I have seen some great guides for Virtual Dub and would like to be directed to the same calliber of guide for Premiere. I cant to seem to get it to record the video.

Hi I just bought a Ati Tv Wonder VE and was not aware that you had to have a Ati, 3dfx, or Nivida video card. I wanted to know if there is any way that I can make it work? I have intergrated video made by SiS if that helps any Thanks, adamjw55

I have AverTV Stereo card and was curious if there was a way for me to download and use MMC 7.6 or any version for that matter. i here it captures better than PowerVCR and was just curious to give it a try. Can someone answer this question and if so what is it I must tod to get it to work. I am...

Hi all, I used to have a Pinnacle PCTV, and one day my system suddenly refused to capture avi at all. The picture would freeze after a few seconds, and massive framedrops would occur, then the picture would start again for a few and repeat the same cycle. I tried everything, even re-installing the...

Hi Having probs with getting this working on my laptop (PIII 1Ghz, WinXP Pro 256meg ram). WinTV2000 loads ok, but the picture freezes after about 15 seconds and the red light on the WinTV USB goes out. Prog doesnt freeze, exit it and start it again and it does the same. If the channel viewed...

I captured a television program using the Picvideo MJPEG video codec, and the MPEG Layer 3 audio codec with the intent to compress with DivX. As the movie progresses, the audio and video get out of sync. I followed the guide on how to fix sync. It suggested to convert my captured .AVI to .MPG,...

This only works if you have RCA inputs on a digital camera (mine is a sony trv320). Connect the vcr to the camcorder with RCA, then connect the camcorder to the computer via firewire. Enable a/v -> dv out. Voila! That is how I duplicate my legally purchased, macrovision copy inhibit ridden...

Using Pinnacle 1394 care (TI). No problems of any kind with Video Studio 6 or MS Movie Maker. When I try to capure from my Canon Elura2 MC using DVD Movie Factory, I get an error at 21.5 seconds that the file is Corrupt and cannot be inserted into the Preview strip. Would I like to detete...

I am currently using an ATI AIW card for analog capture my S-VHS videos. I was wondering about better quality MPEG2 hardware encoders. What are the better MPEG2 hardware encoders with analog inputs? Im looking for something around $1000-$2000. Also, what are the dream list - price is not object...

...or anyone who knows. Can I use Virtualdub as capture software with the Hollywood DV Bridge? If so how do I configure? So far the DV Bridge has worked only with Movie Star, which came in the package. But I want to try Virtualdub 1.4.10, because of its filters and frameserve ability. I have...

what is the best capturing software ???and what is the best settings for it . i going to make vcds out of my home videos on my annlog handy cam. i have used powervcr2 and virtualdubing which had better quality avi file but i am still not happy my setting with virtualdubbing video compression i...

wondering if any1 can help me(capturing is driving me mad)i am using power vcr to capture tv shows and some old videos...the problem is when i capture there is no audio in the captured files and the stuff im capturing is split in 2 ,my capture card is a voodoo 3500.. win me pentium3 ...

ive captured video from vhs and as i was about to produce it moviestar either does nothing or just crashes.... i get this error details.. modname: dgf.dll offset: 000059be before this error i was able to capture from vhs and produced it using moviestar..even made videocd...

I just installed a DVD-R burner that came bundled with Sonics "myDVD" software program. In reading the tutorial, it mentions that it makes possible capturing directly to the DVD burner bypassing the hard drive if you want to use that function. Has anyone tried that? Does it work with good...

what are these because they seem to come up alot.....

What are the differences between the Pinnacle Studio PCTV and the Pinnacle Studio PCTV Pro version. I cant find the differences on their website.

I have a Huappage WinTV FM. I was running Windows ME. All was good. I was able to capture at 480x480 mpg2, great quality, no dropped frames. I was using Ulead Media Studio Pro 6.5. Burn the mpg2 to disc and the svcd played fine in every dvd player I tried. The only problem was that my...