Capture with 0 dropped frames..Worth to try ….

[mahinda]

Before I used:
VirtualDub
VirtualVCR
iuVCR

All drops frames

Finally I found how to capture without dropped frames . Now I am capturing at PAL Full D1 with MainConcept MPEG Encoder 1.4 using PicVideo MJPEG Codec. No dropped frames. Best picture quality. I have no frame drops now.

(Although with huffyuv so many dropped frames)


If you want to capture with 0 dropped frames , Capture with MainConcept MPEG Encoder. Enjoy…

Good luck

[lordsmurf]

This helps nobody without knowing more about your system, the video source, etc.

[johns0]

I`ve tried all of the things you mentioned and i still go back to virtualdub with mpeg4 codecs.Some programs just work better on other computers.

[mahinda]

Brooktree PCI video capture driver
Capture AVI From Cable TV

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1

Processor
750 megahertz Intel Pentium III


Memory Modules
384 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 128 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' has 256 MB

Hard drive : 40.02 GB

[Will Hay]

Yep, you've discovered what some of us already know, huffyuv is far too intensive for some PC's (like mine) and therefore the MJPEG codec is the better choice
IMO your system is far too low a spec to be using the huffyuv...
....glad you got great results from the MJPEG
Will

[Timef]

MainConcept MPEG Encoder...

$ 150 ???

[bottle-necked]

MainConcept capture
720x480 AVI from satallite
48k 16bit stereo PCM
MJPEG quality=20
CPU load 13%

MainConcept
720x480 AVI from satellite
48k 16 bit stereo PCM
Huffy w/default settings
CPU load 9%

With my machine it's 4% less CPU load to capture with Huffy. File sizes are about the same.

Same setting with ATI MMC 8.5 CD install CPU loads were 1% higher on both settings. Filesize, again, about the same. 450MB/min+-

[FulciLives]

Well I've found that on my capture computer that PICVideo MJPEG on 20/20 is more CPU intensive than HuffyUV but PICVideo MJPEG on 19/20 is less CPU intensive than HuffyUV so that is what I usually use.

My capture computer is only a P3 650Mhz 256MB RAM WinXP system with a BT based PCI capture card and I can just barely capture with PICVideo MJPEG on 19/20 without dropped frames. Setting it to 20/20 results in MANY dropped frames and a totally useless capture. HuffyUV results in a few dropped frames here and there due to occassional CPU spikes but not that many ... maybe 5-10 per 30 minutes.

This is all at Full D1 resolution (NTSC 720x480 29.970fps).

I can use HuffyUV at Half D1 no problem.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman