best tv capturing software for ati theater 550 pro ???

[Vasilii]

As everyone already knows ATI supplied PowerCinema3 and MakeDVD is pease of shit, so I'm looking for something better to capture family video to digital format.

Is there a program that would give me lots of choices and allow chenge brightness, contrast of a video that is being captured? Also later on edit cut/join parts of the cuptured video.

Is Power Director 4 worth looking at or it's same as PowerCinema3?

[hrlslcbr]

Hello. You can use GraphEdit to make changes to the video proc amp, but if you want something easier to use, use GB-PVR. You can capture to MPEG-2 directly with it and is fully functional to watch TV or capture from S-Video and composite.

[Lothar1974]

I have been using Beyond TV 3 by Snap Stream. Try a trial version to see if you like it, just google it.

[didikai]

As everyone already knows ATI supplied PowerCinema3 and MakeDVD is pease of shit, so I'm looking for something better to capture family video to digital format.

Is there a program that would give me lots of choices and allow chenge brightness, contrast of a video that is being captured? Also later on edit cut/join parts of the cuptured video.

Is Power Director 4 worth looking at or it's same as PowerCinema3?

The only program I tried that actually works with my Theatre Pro 550 is Pinnacle Studio 9.3.

Pinnacle Studio 8 won't do it, and I had problems with EVERY other program I tried.
Try the trial of Studio 9.3
I get zero dropped frames with Studio 9.3 and audio and video sync is perfect. I'm still at the point where I'm tweaking the settings to get the best output.