Leadtek TV2000 XP Expert problem

[Zoist]

I have a TV2000 expert card on a 866 Pentium 3. The video is jerky and poor when recording even when set at a normal record level. The system has 512 ram and a nvidia 32 mb card.

Is there anything I can do? The system requirements should be more than enough.

[FulciLives]

I have a TV2000 expert card on a 866 Pentium 3. The video is jerky and poor when recording even when set at a normal record level. The system has 512 ram and a nvidia 32 mb card.

Is there anything I can do? The system requirements should be more than enough.

What format or codec are you using when you record?

What resolution are you using?

I use to capture on a P3 650Mhz with 256MB RAM running WinXP and with that configuration I could easily capture Full D1 resolution (both NTSC at 720x480 and PAL at 720x576) using the PICVideo MJPEG codec (on the "19" quality setting).

So your computer should be able to handle the same (since it has a slightly faster CPU and double the RAM). In fact I bet you would even be able to use the HuffyUV codec on that system for capture (though that will use a lot more HDD space than PICVideo MJPEG but then again HuffyUV will give you a ever-so-slightly better image i.e., picture quality).

If you are trying to capture direct to MPEG-2 DVD spec you can forgot that ... not on that speed of computer with that capture card. Ain't gonna happen.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Zoist]

Thanks for that info.

The video playback from a VCR is jerky. Every second or so there is 2 or so seconds of pause. This is without recording, just playing through the TV2000 card.

Is there something I can change?

Thanks a lot.

[FulciLives]

Thanks for that info.

The video playback from a VCR is jerky. Every second or so there is 2 or so seconds of pause. This is without recording, just playing through the TV2000 card.

Is there something I can change?

Thanks a lot.

What software are you using to view/record with?

I can see how a recording can have this issue (based on how you are doing it) but it doesn't make sense that the live preview is having issues as well ... unless ... you have it set to the wrong format or frame rate. In other words you have the preview set to 25fps PAL when the VHS VCR is 29.970fps NTSC ... or something like that.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Zoist]

Just connected the VCR to the composite input on the capture card and using Winfast PVR. The video is PAL.

I've tried many options including changing the resolution of the monitor, changing the color, changing the refresh rate and trying various BIOS options and nothing makes a difference.

The video card is a Nvidia TNT2 32 MB with a 17" Olympic monitor.

[FulciLives]

Just connected the VCR to the composite input on the capture card and using Winfast PVR. The video is PAL.

I've tried many options including changing the resolution of the monitor, changing the color, changing the refresh rate and trying various BIOS options and nothing makes a difference.

The video card is a Nvidia TNT2 32 MB with a 17" Olympic monitor.

I've never used this particular capture card nor the software you mentioned so I can't help with specifics there but I noticed that you have a TNT2 graphics card and that is rather old technology so maybe your graphics card just can't keep up BUT I would think that a 32MB graphics card would be good enough!

On my old Pentium 3 I had an ATI 7500 PCI card with 64MB and like I said it was a slower computer with half the RAM and I still could capture fine.

My capture card then was not the same as your card but the same "kind" of card ... not very different performance wise.

So in short I'm not sure what the problem is other than maybe your graphics card not being up to snuff.

Maybe try some other video capture programs like VirtualVCR or iuVCR etc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Zoist]

Had to change the setting from Optimal to Normal. Not greatest quality but works. Time to try that codec you suggested.

Thanks.