No Sound with TV card capture

[maximumrock]

I have my coaxile cable going into this new "TV CAPTURE CARD" i bought...though having no sound is only one of my problems.. i have previosly been using a dazzle.. i picked up this thing here for 20 bucks.. seems ok... (See photo below) my whole reason for getting this really was so i could capture 720x480 ... now i did yseterday (still with no sound) but the video was really slow.. almost like slow motion..

any idea on the sound issue?

[Sartori]

Have you gone to the Recording properties and selected the correct recording source ? on all my cards Ive put the audio cables in to the soundcard and recorded off that - ie Line In .


The slow video ? um .. I dont know if that card uses a codec to record live , it might be giving problems on playback , Im assuming its an avi ? it might be the video source is not set correctly , if theres a setup option to it , check the correct source ie ntsc and frequency etc , and check the output files to check they have the correct fps , size etc .The problem might be linked to the sound , if the playback is linked to the sound , Ive had video problems in the past caused by my soundcard (lots of swearing etc) . Just a couple of ideas anyway .

[maximumrock]

well i havent done the line in thing cuz it should record the audio just from having the coaxial cable connected directly. i can watch it on my screen .. great quality. i might have to go the route and use a cable for audio and line in


as far as the slowness.. yeah it was in AVI.. big fuckin file too...shit was 1.6 gb for a 1 min file.. all i want to get record in MPEG-2 format w/ 720x480 format so i can create dvds ..

thanks for the reply

[Sartori]

The video prob will be that your pc can`t process that amount of data of uncompressed data fast enough so it just plays it slow , if you are recording in avi (or have to) set it up to record with a lossless codec (HuffyUV there are others , but that springs straight to mind) . The recording straight to mpg2 will depend on what software came with it , but there are programs out there that allow you to do it - depending on your hardware , my ATi did , but my Pinnacle was locked to the software that came with it (but it would cap in mpg so it wasnt a prolem) .

[maximumrock]

The video prob will be that your pc can`t process that amount of data of uncompressed data fast enough so it just plays it slow , if you are recording in avi (or have to) set it up to record with a lossless codec (HuffyUV there are others , but that springs straight to mind) . The recording straight to mpg2 will depend on what software came with it , but there are programs out there that allow you to do it - depending on your hardware , my ATi did , but my Pinnacle was locked to the software that came with it (but it would cap in mpg so it wasnt a prolem) .

see, i didnt like the software that came with mine (WINDVR).. i was using Pinnacle studio 8...was able to get video off of that ok. but no sound.. i havent tried tonite yet. i will prolly try in the morning since its late here..

[maximumrock]

k, i am home all night tonight. so i got time to work on it.....

gonna try a few things right now.. wish me luck... any other info anyone can give would be greatly appreciated

[maximumrock]

Hi! I am still having a problem with this! anyone have any suggestions??? THANK YOU LOTS!