HopHog WinTV-PVR users What setting do you use to capture??

[Ziptar]

I have had a WinTV PVR for a couple of months and it makes great captures.. I have been using WINTV2000 and have made 12 Gigs of captures and they look awsome (when viewed on my PC). However I have finally come to Burn them to CD using Nero and it wants to re-encode every one..... Kind of negates having a Hardware encoder.

I am using the advanced settings posted elsewhere on this site: here is a screenshot.


What am I doing wrong?? I am looking to capture from my camcorder to mpg and then burn directly to SVCD in Nero. I would like to get 1/2 hour to an Hour of Good Quality (as good as VHS) quality video on each CD.

What settings are best to use

Thanks

[kitty]

SVCD resolution is 480x480 for NTSC (US), 480x576 for PAL (Europe). Your resolution is typical for MPEG1 VCD.

[SHS]

Ziptar read thur some How To Use and kitty is rigth

[Ziptar]

Thanks Guys.... I tried 480x480.. same thing... maybe it will help if I post the Nero error.

Here you go.

[kitty]

In Nero use the SVCD, not the VCD template for MPEG2

[Ziptar]

Kitty!
Thanks for your help. You have me on the right track I think... However even with the SVCD template Nero wants to re-encode....

I don't understand it's complaint about the stream encoding How do I set that in WINTV2000??

[liamk]

Hi!

Why don't you try vcdeasy 1.1.1 instead or if you are sure that you captured your video correctly try pressing the "Turn off standard compliance and continue" button on nero for a test cd.


Best regards,
Liam Kinkaid

[SHS]

Ziptar download the MPEG editor off my my web the in under news WinTV-PVR MPEG Editor 2.1.3 install it then start it go to Option menu then click on Remultples file for SVCD chosse that file you want do open a new box will open type new name like 1.mpg save or read the How to convert SVCD MPEG2 files ready for burning to CD

[Anonymous65]

It looks like you have to run all VCD and SVCD files through the mpeg editor to remux the file into a legal VCD or SVCD system file.

Has anybody posted any VCD and SVCD captures with the PVR-250 card yet? I would like to see what quality VCD and SVCD have. Normally, VCD sucks and SVCD is pretty good. However, I have not seen any iCompression encoded clips before...

[SHS]

Sorry skittelsen no has
There is one SVCD clip which I think was made by the PVR 250
ftp://ftp.hauppauge.com/hcws/Support/beta/_dvcr003.mpg

[Ziptar]

Thanks again everyone. I went back to the drawing board started over from the beginning and I have tried your Ideas, below is a chornology of events thus far....There is alot of info (sorry..)

I have gotten different results but nothing that works... I have made a 33MB 1 minute 45 second test video called movin_1997.mpg in WINTV2000 with the following capture settings:


Nero has one complaint when I go to burn to SVCD:

Same error as earlier.

Hi!
Why don't you try vcdeasy 1.1.1 instead or if you are sure that you captured your video correctly try pressing the "Turn off standard compliance and continue" button on nero for a test cd.
Best regards,
Liam Kinkaid

Liam, if I turn off complience in Nero it will not let me burn a 33MB 1:45 test mpg, It complains that the file is too big to fit on a blank CD. If I let Nero convert it the audio synch is fine but the video quality suffers... (and I am still wasting time coverting). I ran the test mpeg through VCDEASY and it complained that I told it to use it anyway and it made a 1553KB .bin file. I burned that to CD in Nero and it made an 11 second SVCD that was 11 seconds of black screen.

Ziptar download the MPEG editor off my my web the in under news WinTV-PVR MPEG Editor 2.1.3 install it then start it go to Option menu then click on Remultples file for SVCD chosse that file you want do open a new box will open type new name like 1.mpg save or read the How to convert SVCD MPEG2 files ready for burning to CD

SHS, I found some great info on your site (Thanks!!) I tried the remux and it made nero happy but, the Audio is out of sync on the burned SVCD......

This is an awful lot of work. I originally bought the WINTV-PVR because of the MPEG encoder. The whole point of blowing $200.00 was to capture to mpeg and burn directly to SVCD. No audio Synch problems no wasted time doing conversions or muxing...

From what I am reading here and at SHS's site it sounds like this is not the case...... and the $200.00 was wasted... I could capture to avi using my Geforce3 VIVO and convert that..

Or do I just need to resolve the error in Nero. I need to find out what it refers to with the "-Stream encoding which is invalid for a [SUPER}video CD" Message. It seems this is the answer but how does the Stream nero wants corrolate to the settings in WINTV2000???

Or is the capture not my problem? should I make a post over in the authouring section entitled " HopHog WinTV-PVR users How do you Burn/Author you MPEGs onto SVCD??

[SHS]

I just got done update 3 page in the How to Use Guide
On using the New 2.1.3 MPEG editor
1: Using WinTV-PVR MPEG Editor
and
2: How to convert VCD MPEG1 files ready for burning to CD
and
3: How to convert SVCD MPEG2 files ready for burning to CD
You may want check them over

[SHS]

Ziptar SVCD is not real standrad format all other HW mpeg capture card can't rec directly in to SVCD must be convert to rigth offset if I re-call rigth it something like 2350 offset was is the same on VCD.
It sound like MPEG file are being corrupt before data packets are written to the hard disk sound like you have VIA chipset.

[Ziptar]

Thanks SHS, I have the AMD 760MP Chipset. I am captureing to a raid0 array. Maybe that is the problem. I will try to capture to a differnt partition.

[SHS]

Oh I see oh see please do that

[Ziptar]

Nope... Different Partitions (Drives) don't affect it

[SHS]

Isn't this AMD 760MP a Dual CPU motherbaord?, If yes to Dual CPU you do know that this is not support.
You know it just dawn on me you runing WinXP give Win98FE, Win98SE or Win2000 a try I know card work with thoses OS but it has been give a lot of user hell under WinXP and for love god don't use WinME.
If can't live with out WinXP then take back the card and get the WinTV 250 it dose support WDM which somethig that XP need way.

[Ziptar]

Yes it is. Why do you ask??

[SHS]

Give this a try modify the boot.ini file (just use as reference):

Winnt folder
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows XP Professional 1 CPU" /ONECPU

Windows folder
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional 1 CPU" /ONECPU

[Ziptar]

Interesting. I will give it a try.