How to capture from two devices or cards at the same time problem

[kingking]

hello im new to capturing got 2 capturing devices one sound cable plugged into pc line in the other plugged into the microphone plug when capturing i get sound probem i get the audio of just one on the devices in both captured videos (i get the audio of the video source wich i stat recording in second in both the cptued videos ) how can i capture with the two devices without having this sound problem pls help really important thanks if somebody didn't undertans when i meant i'll try to exlain more thankss

[olyteddy]

Use a USB sound card for the second source or a USB capture card? An audio mixer?

[JohnnyMalaria]

A standard soundcard cannot record separately from the mic and line inputs.

You must have a second soundcard or use a capture device that also captures the sound.

What kind of video capture do you have?

[FulciLives]

Look into buying a Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 or a Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350 (either model will work well).

This is a capture card that does MPEG-1/MPEG-2 hardware capture with audio. In short the card does all the processing and sends the MPEG file to your HDD.

It is possible to put 2 or more of these in a single computer and capture from each device so that you can record 2 or more difference programs at once.

It helps if you have a 2nd physical HDD that is very fast. In other words try not to capture to the boot HDD (the one with Windows installed on it).

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[jmkeuning]

Does this mean that two instances of WinTV can run concurrently?

[FulciLives]

Does this mean that two instances of WinTV can run concurrently?

I'm going on stuff that I have read ... never did it myself.

But I know at least one person on here said he was running two and one of the hardware sites (Tom's Hardware or that other one that starts with an "A" I think) did a test where they had ... if I recall correctly ... 5 running in one machine.

So yeah I guess you can run two instances of WinTV 2k.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[edDV]

Does this mean that two instances of WinTV can run concurrently?

You mean like this? It is all about the software.
http://www.snapstream.com/Community/Articles/medusa/default.asp

[kingking]

thank youo all guys for your answers got an external usb capture device and an internal capture card so is it possible to capture with bith devices at once really need your help thanks

[FulciLives]

thank youo all guys for your answers got an external usb capture device and an internal capture card so is it possible to capture with bith devices at once really need your help thanks

If you have an external USB capture device that does full hardware encoding type captures (as most USB capture devices do ... although not all) and if your internal capture card does full hardware encoding type captures (and not all do) then yes it would work.

However it sounds like the internal capture card you have now does not do full hardware encoding type captures meaning when you capture with it you are probably getting very high CPU usage when using it.

So trying to use that while also capturing with another device (even if that other device does Full hardware encoding type captures) is a recipe for disaster.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[JohnnyMalaria]

thank youo all guys for your answers got an external usb capture device and an internal capture card so is it possible to capture with bith devices at once really need your help thanks

What make/model are the external and internal devices?

[jmkeuning]

http://www.snapstream.com/Community/Articles/medusa/default.asp

Very cool!