The Best Capture/Encoding Solution

[chafford100]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone could suggest the best approach. I have a DC1000 card which I capture in the highest quality and then encode with Tmpgenc to XVCD.

However, the pinnacle loses audio sync in long films and I don't really want to split them half way through. Secondly there seems to be some problem with either TMPGenc or the output file from the pinnacle which causes the picture to freeze at regular intervals and maybe something to do with the xGb boundary.

Now here is my question. Is there a hassle free way of doing this encoding process. All I want to do is capture to some high resolution format and then run it through something like TMPGEnc to achieve the desired XVCD without all the problems of audio sync, freezing pictures etc.

Hardware and software suggestions would be most helpful. Hard disc requirements etc.

Anyone have any ideas.

Thanks,

Colin.

[wingstar1]

uh...these days, it is hard to recommend hardwares because the majority of the consumer end products do the same thing (audio/video sync after a long capture).

This is what I have and so far (knock on wood) no audio/video sync problem yet.

Hardware
1.2Ghz Athlon ( P4 is a better product for this hobby but it cost more. This is hard to admit since i am a hardcore AMD user If there is an AMD designer lurking in this forum....please make this statement obsolete!!! When I say better I mean quality wise and not speed!)

1Gb PC133 SDRAM
20Gb 5400RPM EIDE ATA66
ATI AIW128 16Mb 2xAGP ( Bt8x8 chipset only and NO RAGE128PRO!!!!)

Software
VirtualDub1.4d
MPG4V3VKI or DivXVKI codecs
HuffYuv2.1 codec
AviUlt0.96
TMPGEnc1.2beta
TMPGEnc2.0

...and lots of time......

SVCD capture use Huffyuv2.1
VCD capture use divx or mpg4vki

SVCD capture frame size = 480x480 @ 29.97fps (NTSC here)...big file!!! ( 2Gb chunks..and chunks... )

VCD capture frame size = 640x480 (resize to 352x240 ) @ 29.97fps (NTSC).

Encoding
TMPGEnc1.2beta for SVCD
TMPGEnc2.0 for VCD(CQ_VBR).

[chafford100]

Many thanks, it seems with AIW card is probably the way to go. Can you use a lossless codec for the capture?

Colin.