Main Concept Mpeg Encoder 1.4 capture problems

[fravel]

I try to capture to mpeg2 using the new MC Mpeg Encoder 1.4. capture tool and it drops a very high amount of frames. Sometimes it crashes 5 to 10 seconds into the capture. I can capture directly to mpeg2 with other programs with no problems.
Any idea? Help will be highly appreciated.

[ZenZen]

Using MC 1.4 and Canopus ADVC-100 I captured 30 mins of video direct to Mpeg2 with no frame drops. Awesome !!! You just setup the DVD bitrate you want, and in real time, it creates a DVD compliant Mpeg2 file on your HD, ready for authoring and burning. It probably would've captured a lot longer, but after 30 minutes I couldn't wait any longer to see the result....Which was a very acceptable Mpeg2 file

[BJ_M]

what firewire card are you using ? i had no problems with it all all --

your system seems like it should be fine - unless you have a lot of stuff running in the background ...

what settings are you using ?

[fravel]

Thanks for your prompt replies. I forgot to mention that I'm capturing thru an analog card, a cheap one with the btwmd drivers. If I enable preview it will drop a lot of frames. If disabled, most of the time it will begin dropping 15 to 20 seconds into the capture. Only once have I been able to capture about 15 minutes of mpeg2, dvd quality, with no dropped frames.

[xiaNaix]

It craps out on me as soon as I press the "Start Capture" button. I get a capwrapper "unable to start capture" error. Haven't recieved a response from MainConcept yet. I hope they get this working 100%, though, because I'd LOVE to do captures direct with the encoder. :P

[fravel]

What I saw in my only 15 minutes capture is pretty good. A very clean picture. I hope we can solve the problems so we can really test this version.

[cng_pce]

It craps out on me as soon as I press the "Start Capture" button. I get a capwrapper "unable to start capture" error. Haven't recieved a response from MainConcept yet. I hope they get this working 100%, though, because I'd LOVE to do captures direct with the encoder. :P

Turn off the "preview during capture" option, then it will work, and you won't get that error. To access this, Tools -> Capture -> Setup -> Capture

Have fun

[xiaNaix]

It craps out on me as soon as I press the "Start Capture" button. I get a capwrapper "unable to start capture" error. Haven't recieved a response from MainConcept yet. I hope they get this working 100%, though, because I'd LOVE to do captures direct with the encoder. :P

Turn off the "preview during capture" option, then it will work, and you won't get that error. To access this, Tools -> Capture -> Setup -> Capture

Have fun

Thanks. I'll try that when I get home from work today.

[FOO]

I too tried a MPEG2 capture through a ATI 8500
Dropped millions of frames.
I am running this thing slow 1.2 GHz to cut down on heat
but the ATI MPEG2 capture works ok.

I'll crank it up to 2.0 GHz and try again.

[mgh]

If you have a card which works with btwincap drivers-Ulead DVDMF will give you excellent captures-set quality at max with 8000kbps VBR for both capturing and encoding.
Set 16: 9 aspect ratio in mpeg advanced setting for capture with a wide screen movie(letterboxed heavily at top ) to get even better quality. MF will encode it correctly to DVD.

[hhamzeh]

Hi,
I just ran a test with my DV camcorder through firewire to capture directly in mpeg format. First I did not enable the buffering option for DV and MPEG and I got over 50% dropped frame. Then I enabled the buffering option and no dropped frame but after finish capturing, for each minute of capture, it took 30 sec to process. I have a P4 1.6G with 512M DDR ram. Can anybody confirm what speed of cpu is repuired for real time MPEG capturing. I also noticed that in MPEG capturing there is nither an option for 2 pass encoding nor any audio option. Thanks