capturing clips using ATI All in wonder radeon 7500

[doughboy]

Hey, I currently own a ATI A-I-W Radeon 7500. When capturing using the TV function, whats the better option to get an MPEG 1 file. Recording using TV set at Mpeg 1 quality, or recording it at a better quality such as AVI, then using TMPGEnc to convert it into Mpeg 1??? If anyone could shed some light on this question, that would be great, or if anyone else has some better processes of capturing good quality mpeg 1 movies. Thanks for the help. Later days.

[hwoodwar]

I have been using that exact capture/video card for over six months. Using the ATI MMC to capture direct to MPEG-1, or MPEG-2 for that matter produces many macroblocks in dark and fast motion scenes. This takes a lot longer but I've found, the best way is to capture to AVI with VirtualDub (it's much more versatile than the MMC.) After capture apply filters using VirtualDub to clean up the video (if needed) then convert the AVI file to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 using TMPGEnc (2-Pass VBR, Highest Quality Motion Search Precision) and burning to CD using VCDEasy. I use a dedicated, fast system (Pentium-4 2.4ghz, 512meg DDR333 ram and two 7200 rpm 120gig hard drives) and from start of capture to playing the 45 minute CVD's I produce, usually takes 5-6 hours. It seems to me you are trying to do a live capture from the TV/cable signal. VirtualDub does have a TV tuner function built-in. If you are by chance capturing from a VCR I strongly suggest you use composite or S-video.

[doughboy]

Thanks for the help. Yea, im trying to capture video footage from my camcorder, so that i can edit it on my comp. Ill try your method, but it could be even longer for me, cuz my comp is slightly slower.