DV - Looking for a dv app that caps .avi's in "segments

[vhelp]

Hi guys,

As the subj says, I'm looking. DVapp doesn't work on my Windows 98 pc.
DVIO does. But, its limited to 4gig/18mins.

I heard (after reading) below (snip from a thread) ...

Making vdub recignize DV devices (instructions)
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That's in nop way true.I'm using VirtualDub for all my DV "captures" without any problem.The only drawback (which is a feature for me):you need a separate Audio card for capturing AUDIo, as VDub can't capture DV Audio.To get VirtualDub working with FW:
1. remove all other VfW Video capture drivers (i.e if you have any Video-IN device, Vdub doesn't see the FW drivers)
2. to activate the FW drivers, start DVapp, then AVI-IO and select the FW drivers in AVI-IO
3. stop AVI-IO, start VDup, go into capture mode and setup Video (compression: use the default compressor/no recompression)
4. check Audio (use 48Khz/16Bit Stereo)
5. start capture
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I added in the subj part

As I was saying.. I did try the above, but to no avail. On my 2nd pc, it won't
work. I've tried using my DV cam to test (in addition to my ADVC) and I
can get the above instruct to work to the point that DVapp will say, "hay,
there's a new device" but that's it. And, it either shuts down, or the DV
buttons to record/play/pause etc go blank.
.
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As far as my ADVC, this app (DVapp) won't see it. But, when I use another
dv app, "RsDvCap.exe" this one works and recignises my ADVC/DV cam
and shows a preview of my video. Unfortunately, it doesn't "segment" and
only does Type-1 files.

Synalizer - forget it. It's limited to $18 or else it has a logo to it. Not good
for me, and I'm not interested in its features no matter what. I only really
need a cheap app, like vdub (freeware) but can defeat the 4gig limit by the
use of "segmentation".

So, since vdub "doesn't" actually work w/ DV, I'd like some suggections to
alternatives to other apps that do, but:

* Under Windows 98 (gold)
* Segments it's .avi's

Thanks for any help and your understanding,
-vhelp

[JimJohnD]

You can try WinDV at https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=285#comments

I havn't had the chance to use it yet but one of it's listed features is "automatic AVI splitting according to the timestamps on DV recordings - every video sequence can be saved into unique file". Which is what you are looking for if I understand you correctly. It also does "capturing from DV device to AVI files (both type-1 and type-2 supported) and recording vice versa". And for the price is can't be beat

Good Luck.

[The village idiot]

Would something like NTFS for Win98 work? Here is the user manual:

http://portland.iu.nl/Manuals/Winternals/NTFSWin98Manual.pdf

I have never used it, but maybe this would be a cost effective way to get around the 4GB limit. If not, you might consider having to upgrade to win2000 or XP.

Edit, guess they changed it:

http://www.mount-everything.com/