ATI MMC Won't let me capture AVI using 720x480? Why not?

[John D.]

This is driving me nuts...

I'm using an AIW 9600XT, trying to cap from S-VHS using the Huffyuv codec (the one LordSmurf linked to from his site) in ATI MMC...

When I first installed the 9600xt a month or two ago I was able to cap AVI at 720x480. Since then I've upgraded the ATI software several times (doing a thorough uninstall each time as per recommendations I"ve read on several websites) and I just recently downloaded and installed the latest drivers,etc. from the ATI site. However, when creating a preset for recording AVI from the S-Video input, the highest resolution available is listed in the drop-down menu as 704x480. I'm almost 100% positive I've capped AVI using Huff at 720x480 previously and I can't figure out why it's not listed as one of the options for AVI now (it IS listed as an option for MPEG2 capture, though).

If anyone has experienced this and/or has an idea on what the problem is, I'd be grateful...(I'd use Virtualdub to cap, but for whatever crazy reason I'm dropping frames when doing so and I've not had a chance to figure out why yet (that's another issue for another time).)

[John D.]

Anybody?

[lordsmurf]

You should do 704x480 anyway ... as that is the native res of the card, and will give best results. 704x480 is a variation of FULL D1 res, and is DVD compliant.