The standard newbiw post... maybe you can help!

[JamesShaw]

Hello,

Sorry that this is gonna sound like a million posts on the board... but I really can't find my answer.

THIS IS WANT I WANTO TO DO...
I would like to create VCDs for use on my computer and VCD compatiable DVD Player from TV (or VHS).

I want to create VCDs as fast as possible... with a decent quality.

I am looking at the Pinacle Studio PCTV, WinTV GO!, and Dazzle DVC.

My computer runs WINDOWS XP, Pentium III at 450Mhz ... but only a 6 gb hard drive. I also have an ATI Rage Pro graphics card.

Any suggestions?, and is my computer gonna be able to handle it?

Thanks,
James

[Macros746]

That is tough. The best way is to capture at a high resolution and your computer isn't powerful enough to do that without dropping frames. The HD might also be a problem unless the only thing you are using this computer for is capture. A two hour capture can run 6 gigs if you use really high settings. But the good news is that harddrives are really cheap. I personally have a 40 gig drive I use 30 of exclusively for capture. I have an AIW capture card which, though the drivers are buggy, works great now that I have figured out it's foibles.

[Macros746]

I also forgot to mention that encoding on your machine will take FOREVER. before I upgraded to my 1 gig processor, I had a 350 mhz processor and encoding a whole movie in TMPGenc literally took days.

Mark