capture on PC TV RAVE pinnacle card

[guy1]

hello
i want to capture images from my sat reciever via the input video composite...this works but where can i input the sound from my sat reciever ?
my pinnacle card only has a line out audio with a short cable to the soundcard 'line in'
i don't see an line in audio on the TV card ??
thx 4 reply
Guy

[CryptKeeper]

WHOOPS!!!
error on my part

I'll check how I've got it here and post back

[CryptKeeper]

http://www.geocities.com/cryptkeeper22002/connections.jpg


get 2 Y splitter cables - female rca to male rca
regular male to male rca cable(which you should have already from your sat)
and a rca male to headphone jack(the small one - which will fit into the line in of your sound card)

if you got any questions let me know

[guy1]

ok Cryptmaker
i figured it out , thanks ! it works ! but the images i caputure are so very big ! ( in MB )
what is the normal MB of a movie captured in .AVI ?
or do i better record in MPEG ?
thx for your time
Guy

[CryptKeeper]

it all depends on what you're planning to do with the capture

[guy1]

well...i want to capture movies and then burn them in VCD ...
Guy

[CryptKeeper]

from what I've read in a few threads here

some capture to avi(uncompressed) then convert that to mpeg

reason is that the quality will be very nice in the avi

tho I capture directly to mpeg-1
and then split the file
if it's too large for 1 cd

settings for my capture are

mpeg-1
352x240 resolution(NTSC)
224kbps audio
29.97fps
1150000 bitrate or closest to it

[stevemoley]

hi,

use virtualdub to capture, and compress the video as you are capturing depends on your pc.

i have an old p3 450mhz and capture avi through my rave card at about 14meg/minute(audio is pcm thats why the size is so big)

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/userguides/89899.php