I installed powerVCR and was getting ready to capture following one of the guides from this site. The problem is that PowerVCR wont start. It says "Application has encountered a problem a needs to close". I even tried a new OS install, all clean w/ no other APPS installed, latest nvidia drivers and WDM drivers. No help. Same problem.

I am running XP w/SP2 and my card is an MSI FX5900 w/VIVO.

If powerVCR does not work, whats the second best option to capture directly to mpeg?

Or should I pursue capturing to AVI w/ virtualdub and then convert to mpeg with what?

I am not planning on editing thats why I was trying to capture to mpeg directly.

thanks for the help