TV@nywhere

[Yorel]

I had a Dazzle DVCII that I've used for the past year capturing and burning VCDs. I Would capture in 352 x 240 MPEG, use TMPGEnc to trim and then split into 2 or 3 parts, then burn. DVCII quit working, and bought TV@nywhere. Want to do DVDs now using the same process as before, only to DVD. I did one capture (It created 2 files, first one just over 4 Gb, the second was the remainder of the movie). TMPGEnc will trim the first file OK, but can't open the second. I've spent the past 3 days searching through the forums, and can't find anything relevent.

Athlon XP1400
256 Meg Ram
Abit KT7A raid
40 Gb C Drive
40 Gb D Drive
2 40 Gb Raided drives
DVD Rom
Pioneer A-04 Burner
SB Live
Windows XP

Just waiting on an Athlon XP2000 and another 256 Megs Ram.

[Yorel]

Can anyone give me an idea where to start on this.

[Marco33]

I have that card. The software will only capture 4 gig files. So it splits the file. I have the same problem. Tmpegnc will not read the second file.

So what you need to do is capture 2 seperate files. Not a big deal you have to join them either way.

My system is a little faster than yours. I seem to be able to capture at 704X480. You should be able to squeeze out 356X480 without a problem.
If you are doing full frame capture, 704X480 is a wast IMHO. 356X480 will yield a better picture than 352 x 240.

Keep in touch. I'm doing a lot of capturing right now.

MMM... trilogy

[Yorel]

I am able to capture @ 704x480. Hence, the 2 files. VCD and SVCD are no problem, but I was hoping to be able to edit the two files somehow (join and then split near the center) so that I wouldn't have to do 2 captures. I capture from DSS and movies in the 500's are sometimes not shown again for a couple weeks. Sheet, why can't this be simple?

[Marco33]

I know, you want to leave for 2 hours then come home and hit stop.

This seems to be the only way around it.

Capture for 1 hour then, capture the last hour seperate.

[Marco33]

I'm sorry.

You are capturing direct from tv...

Ah, I see your dilema.

I was talking from VHS.

I haven't tried it but, can you autho the second file? If so, I have been toying with a workaround for long encoding.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=152327

[Yorel]

DVDit PE doesn't recognise the second part. Gives error message. Haven't a clue as to what other progs. to try.

[Marco33]

If it was an AVI file we would have lots of options.

Sheesh, we capture right to dvd format yet, we still have problems.