Still looking for a VCR Prog that captures to DIVX - Help!

[Nawtwrong]

I am still looking for a program that I can schedule to record from a TV card straight to divx.

I am using a Samsung MM201 PCTV card, but also have a Hauppauge Win TV USB so I can use either really.

I've tried the Samsung card in virtual dub, capturing straight to Divx with no problams at all.

The reason I want to schedule recordings straight to divx is because it will be used in a cctv system, so I want to record for about 3 hours a day and am not too concerned about the quality but want to save hard drive space.

I have tried power VCR (Only does MPEG1/2) Showshifter (Didn't work with either card even tho it said it would and I've tried a program called 'Gotcha' which seems to capture files as .mv2's even though I've specified AVI, plues when you exit the program it forgets all settings and preferneces.


Does anyone know a program that will do the above. Virtual dub is perfect apart from you cannot schedule it unless someone knows a way you can.

Thanks For your help

[deckard8]

VirtualVCR.

http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/

[Nawtwrong]

Great! I downloaded this and it worked perfectly with my MM201 card and I've set a scheduled task to run with no problems.

I've been looking for about three weeks now and this one is the best I've seen

Thanks for yopu reply!

[greymalkin]

wow!
thats a pretty tall order asking a pc to capture straight from source to divx...does it do it on the fly..and does it work well?

[Nawtwrong]

Hi, yes it works perfectly. I've used it on a Pentium II System with windows 98 and 256MB RAM.

I was suprised to find there were no problems and no dropped frames during a one hour capture.

[deckard8]

Latest XviD is very fast - I capture realtime using max bitrate - (all other options off - Important!) in excellent quality, no dropped frames. Another benefit is the final file size is very small, about 8gb for an average length movie, so it's a lot easy to edit and work with than massive files captured in HuffyUV or even MJpeg.

[greymalkin]

you said xvid makes an average length movie file 8gb??? Is this a HiDef movie? just wanted to clarify...