Tv-Tuner...

[retroborg]

I have a Leadtek WinFast DV2000 TV card & using the WinFast PVR Tuner/capture software.
I have tuned many TV channels, but even though the picture & colour quality is great & the motion is synchronized with the audio, the channel frame rate seems to be just a bit slower & sluggish, compared to a real TV.
It’s not terrible but the motion isn’t as natural as my real TV.
I live in Europe & all tuned channels are PAL.

I checked the settings of the card & software, but I didn’t find any option to fix this.

My system:
P4 2.4GHZ
768MBRAM PC800
GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB
SB Live 5.1
WinXP PRO SP1



Also...

What’s the best Bitrate mode to choose, when capturing from a TV-Antenna signal into mpeg2 codec?

Variable Bitrate
Or…
Constant Bitrate?

I don’t want to lose any frames or witness jerkiness in the final video.
Also I’m thinking about capturing in this resolution: 720x576 PAL

Any ideas?


Thanks in advance.

[lordsmurf]

Jerkiness is either 1) dropped frames or 2) deinterlace
Both are bad.

[retroborg]

How can you tell the difference?
I think it's a case of deinterlace.

How do I fix it?

I just checked.
Yes overlay mode is enabled & there is another option: "Closed Captioning" which is not checked.

But they're both "grey" & can't change them even if I wanted to?!

Hhmm...?

Also "time shifting quality setting" is set to optimal quality.

[paulw]

Is this happening on the PC screen view or in the captured file??

If on the PC screen view it may be that the screen refresh is too slow causing a slow frame rate effect. If the PC screen is OK and the capture files are strange it may well be dropped frames..

Frame rate rule of thumb .. 720 x 576 5Meg bits should be Ok..