Low fps PAL capture

[Hackerpcs]

Hi. I am capturing a video that the first 15 minutes have stability problems (image going up and down). Since I can't afford a quality TBC like Datavideo TBC-1000, I have to deal with it. The problem is that when I am trying to capture this part, fps at VirtualDub are dropping below PAL 25fps:



It causes the video to be sorter than it really is, it actually is 19:01 minutes but the capture with VirtualDub is 18:38 minutes. If I capture it with my card's MPEG2 program there isn't any problem but the quality is low.
Is there any way to force solid 25fps?

[davexnet]

There are many settings in Virtualdub capture, that it may be a setting somewhere.
There is a simple capture program in the tools/downloads section called Stoik.

I've successfully captured to HuffyUV at 720x480 using my Avermedia M780 pci-e capture card.
Perhaps you could try that.

Why is the cards mpeg-2 capture program poor exactly? Does the device do hardware encoding?

[jagabo]

You can set VirtualDub to insert null frames when it detects a missing frame. Capture -> Timing...