Does Window XP really help to reduce frame drop ?

[william_n]

I wonder if I should upgrade my system to Window XP from Win98. I have ATI AIW capture card in the PIII, 733MHZ, 40G HD system. I never be able to capture MPEG2 without frame drop. Thanks

[homerpez]

No, in fact XP has a bigger footprint, so it will make your troubles worse.

I would personally look into a hardware upgrade first, 1Ghz processor or better. CPU is probably the #1 reason for problems captuing MPEG-2 on-the-fly.

Also, which version of MMC are you using to capture with? The "unofficial" 7.5 version is slightly better at CPU usage than others...

Personally though, I would suggest the hardware upgrade first, if you plan to capture MPEG-2 on-the-fly. Your machine's specs might be able to capture lossless AVI (like Huffy), but the compression at the same time uses a lot of CPU power.

Mine is a 1Ghz Athlon, 512MB RAM, capturing to a 60GB drive. I still get blips with MPEG-2 captures even at 1Ghz, so I've kind of abandoned it in favor of Huffy.

[ggtronic]

the" no more droped frame " topic is the one to read !

this is what help me . i even made a custom boot profile
to re-boot from when i do high resolution/compression capture
( start with minimal application ) .

by the way , whats the best test to compare the frame lost ?

[ChrisX]

I agree with homerpez that it would be the processor needs to be upgraded first - The processor speed must as fast as possible for video capturing, recommended to be at least 800 Mhz or more. 1Ghz plus is even better. I don't have any problem with mpeg2 capturing on a PIII and I also use WinXP on another computer. The operating sytem used makes no difference on the video capturing performance, so there you are.