VCD/SVCD capture with Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe

[unforgiven]

Hello!
I got a PCTV Deluxe four days ago and I have no problems so far (Strange eh?).
I have no dvd burner so the only thing I burn so far are VCD/SVCDs. The problem is that when I capture straight to the apropriate resolutions, the video looks bad, the low resolution is obvious even when I watch the videos in my TV set. I can almost count the pixels!
Am I doing something wrong? Is it better to use another capture program than Vision? Or the only way to go is to capture at DVD quality and then re-encode?
Please note that I use so far USB 1 connection, but I don't think this is the problem...

[donpedro]

Sorry, I don't have experience with VCD or SVCD, but did you try to play it on TV ? Maybe it will not look that bad. On computer due high resolution, you see much more than on TV

[unforgiven]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the video is bad on tv using a dvd player.

[Nasp]

I don´t have experience it USB Capture Cards, but i have a Pinnacle PCTV, i have tried o lots of software it bad results, like you I can almost count the pixels!

Recentely i have discover WinDVD Recorder and now i have good quality it my videos.
Download the trial version now, it is the solution for you(works it USB Cards?)

Good settings in MPEG2 + 1800bitrate.

[donpedro]

Difference is that this (USB) box is hardware mpeg encoder with Broadcom Kfir-II (BCM7040KQL) chip. I believ it is manufactured by Emuzed.com . So I don't believe that it is fair to compare it with captures that are converted to mpeg by sofware. Well... that still doesn't explain bad experience by unforgiven.