fast-writes disabled ... can capturing can still work ?

[mohen]

i just find out that in presario 2500 series computer , u cant enabled the fast write...
is that should be the reason why i can't capture smooth even tho i go
p 4 2.6 ghz celerom
702 RAM

(1still it's a laptop)

[tipstir]

What's the speed of your HDD is it? 5400 RPM or 7200 RPM.

What are you using for capture hardware are you using?
What type of software?

Defrag your HDD
Don't worry about fast-writes

[mohen]

oh , i just figure out i got 4200 RPM ....
is that mean , i will never be able to capture ?
cause it's pretty fast ... 2.6 celeron 700 RAM ,
and i got GRAND AV USB 2.0

[tipstir]

Your device this GRAND AV USB2 is basic CAP device, take a look at:

WinTV PVR-USB2
http://htpcnews.com/main.php?id=wintvpvrusb2_1

Read and look over the above like. That's the best bet for you. Take back that so called GRAND AV USB2. You're not happy with it are you? The above is cost a little big more but you'll have fun with it. For the fun with it go to: www.gbpvr.com

WinTV PVR-USB2 has it's own hardware MPEG1/2 encoder which doesn't need to access the CPU for processing MPEG1/2 encoding. That GRAND AV USB2 is slowing down your system. Well you see the type of playback your getting after the recording.

[mohen]

wow thank you very much
what u sayin is , even tho i got 4500 rpm i can catch with that hardware ?
is it gonna be smooth ?
and is there any other way, that i can record it throught my grand AV USB 2.0 ? cause it cost me 120 $ .. and i don't got money to spend .

[tipstir]

Can you take back the GRAND AV USB2 device for your money and get the WinTV PVR-USB2? If not? Then you're stuck. You could try using third-party software, but there isn't much hope, if the GRAND AV USB2 isn't doing what's it suppose to be doing.

[mohen]

i'll try that ...
but still .... when i preview it , it's very smooth and everything .. do u know a software that can use my 700 MB ram and my 2.6 Ghz more than the 4800 RPM .. ?

[tipstir]

If you can change the drivers for the CAP with these freeware ones: http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/

PVR software:
Mainconcept PVR
Intervideo WinDVR 3 and WinDVD Recorder Platinum 5.x
These you can download for free and try them out and see which one works for you. But do intall the new WDM drivers from sourceforge first.

[mohen]

okay ... i did install the driver ( it's automatically used by the software right ? ) ..
and i tried the Mainconcept PVR and winDVD 3 ... but nothin' helped ... the results in windvd are pretty good compare to others . but it sometimes just stop ! and the continue after couple of seconds , if it continue at all

[tipstir]

So you got good results with WinDVD Recorder, but you say it had stopped? Still if you can take back the Grand and buy the WinTV PVR-USB2 you could then use the GBPVR server/client www.gbpvr.com.