Severe Frame Dropping with Xtasy Everything

[rabbid777]

Boy I've tried a lot of stuff, with no luck. Half of my captures are dropped frames. The best is 37 out 85! I've got 1.7 Celeron with Shuttle mobo...downloaded all latest bio and drivers. 512 ddr memory. 80 gig WD 7200 hard drive, and WinXP Pro. All running through the well-rated VisionTek Xtasy Everything personal cinema. Couldn't get the WinDVR software to work after numerous installs of it and the WDM driver. Used VirtualDub, and it worked, but it was terrible. Glitchy, fast speed, clicky audio- all the problems caused by frame dropping. Checked DMA on drive..you name it. I'm trying to do a VHS to VCD with a factory tape (Beatles Hard Days' Night). Tried other tapes, same problem. Am about to buy a Super-VHS VCR hoping that would help (using composite video input and sound card now). Tried calling tech support at Visiontak, and was on hold for 40 minutes before I bagged it. Also tried emailing...no reply. Their support SUCKS!! I don't know how you other guys got through, but NO WAY for me. I'm considering making a dual boot machine with WinME, and setting up this stuff in ME. Should have bought a DVD burner, I guess...
My email is timetnl@adelphia.net

[dezine]

Have you made sure that you have minimal resources running in the background. If possible run only Systray and Explorer besides your capture software.
Also, you mentioned that you have a 80Gb Harddrive, is it either partitioned or are you capturing to another hard drive?
Your Captures should go go a different drive than your C drive if it's not already.

These two things can be a big culprit to capture success.

Dezine (Michael)

[tigeroolfd]

Make sure the harddrive is defragmented. What resolution are you trying to capture at? You should use 352x480 for VHS. Another app to try is AV_IO.

[rabbid777]

Drive is brand new, but not partitioned. Already knew about the system tray... I even turned off my cable modem! 352 by 480 made the picture look elongated, as I tried it already. I'll look into that other app. Can I partition my drive now that I've already got XP on it, or do I need to start over. If I start over, it's goodbye to XP..it sucks IMHO. Thanks for reading this!