capturing using virtualdub

[umair]

can someone tell me how i can capture something using virtualdub and then saving it as a raw avi?

[Syndrome]

yep.

under the "file" menu, select "capture avi".
under "audio" menu, select "compression" and set to 44.1, 16bit, 172kb/s
under "video" menu, select "format" and make sure it is 320x240 and UYVY
under "capture" menu, select "settings" and set framerate to 29.97

then

under "capture" select "capture AVI" and it will record an uncompressed AVI file for you. However if you do not have a NTSF file format for your hard-drive, a 3 gig limit will happen (15 mins). You can either convert your drive to NTFS or you can set virtual dub's capture drives to split the avi by doing this:

Under "capture" menu select "capture drives". add a spill drive of your choosing with a limit of 2000meg. that will split the avi every 2 gig.

people may tell you other wise for settings, but this is what i use, and it seems perfect quality to me.

If you have any other questions please send me a private message.

Syndrome

[Will Hay]

If you have any other questions please send me a private message.

Erm, no, if you have any more questions please also post them on the forum so the rest of us can benefit.
That's what it's for.
W.

[Will Hay]

under "audio" menu, select "compression" and set to 44.1, 16bit, 172kb/s
under "video" menu, select "format" and make sure it is 320x240 and UYVY
under "capture" menu, select "settings" and set framerate to 29.97

This all depends of course on what you intend to output to and where you are, as a frame rate of 29.97 isn't much use in the UK.
I'm outputting to dvd-r and use 48 audio, and capture at 720 x 576 at 25fr/sec.

can someone tell me how i can capture something using virtualdub and then saving it as a raw avi?

What do you intend to do with the .avi, will you be encoding to mpeg1, mpeg2 etc.?
Will

[Will Hay]

under "capture" select "capture AVI" and it will record an uncompressed AVI file for you. However if you do not have a NTSF file format for your hard-drive, a 3 gig limit will happen (15 mins).

The FAT32 capture limit is 4gb, not 3gb, but will still only give you around 20 minutes of uncompressed captured footage which I suspect is unacceptable for many people.
As 'Syndrome' quite rightly states NTFS is the way to go but if you can't do this and want to capture over your current 20 minute limit then you're either going to have to break up or compress using one of the many codec's available.
Will

[reubenray]

I have also been trying to get VitualDub to work. I cannot even get a picture on it. I am using the Xcapture card and can get the video with AMCAP and with VitualVCR. Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

[tommybs]

im getting errors all over the place with vdub. it says it dont enough disk space (i have 30gig free onthe specific drive). it doesnt accept the settings via custom format no matte wot i chose...
help would be appreciated...
greetz

[Vejita-sama]

What OS are you running, all the win9x systems have a 4GB max file limit. If you are running a non NTFS partition enable the spill system (see the faq to the left for more info).

If you are running a NTFS system VDUB should start to capture until your HD is full. What exactly is the problem with 'not enough space?' Also 30GB is NOTHING if we're talking about uncompressed digital video

[tommybs]

w2k im running fat32. i dont wanna use ntfs. too much hassle to do that right now. i only want one dv-film on my pc which is 60 mins = ca. 13 GB
vdub wont start b/c its giving me errors by saying my format i chose is unsupported. here is what i did. i am in europe so its pal!
first file>capture avi... then audio compression 187kb/s 48.000, video compression huffyuv codec. then custom frame rate 720x576 (pal DVD format) @ 25fps ---> this gave me the first error afte clicking OK. then u can split files in vdub with those segments. did that. tried to start capturing and another came again. nothing started. i was only trying to use vdub so i could get around the 4gig limit and im too lazy to clear up my drives so i can partionate them! i know that scenalyzer does that but i bloody cuts the video each time a new scene appear, which could be every 10 secs. in the end i had 50 avi files separately. does anyone know another programme which skips the 4 gig limit and doesnt have any errors??? and preferably could give me a short intro in to the program! that would be very very very appreciated!!!
greetz & thx
tommybs

[Will Hay]

When you say DV film do you mean digital video captured via passthrough of a DV camera?
I say this because you use the term DV and you have virtually quoted the exact file size rate for DV, ie. 3.6mb/sec.
If so, Virtualdub isn't for you.
I think it's time you provided a little more information
What are you capturing from (satellite feed, vcr, DV camcorder passthrough) and whay format is it (analoque, DV, digital)?
Will Hay

[tommybs]

from a dv-cam sony trv30e, and there is a cassette inside which i want on my harddrive...

[Will Hay]

from a dv-cam sony trv30e, and there is a cassette inside which i want on my harddrive...

I think that's the problem.
I haven't come across anyone who has successfully used VdUb for capturing dv footage.
I'm sure there are some out there though.
I use Pinnacle Studio 8.5 flawlessly for all DV capture, and Vdub for all analogue.
Good luck finding a solution
Will

[vhelp]

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the only people that are successfully capturing from the DV cam w/ vdub
or any other app, is/are those that are capturing through the S-Video / RCA
of the CAM, which is what I've done w/ my ZR-10 and TRV22.

I don't doubt that vdub can capture (transfer DV) from your CAM to your
harddrive, but that's only if there is a "driver" that those are aware of,
and using, but that WE are not aware and NOT using, hence you'll get the
argument that vdub is NOT capable of capturing from your DV cam.. cause:
* either you mean your're captruing its S-Video/RCA
* or, have a special driver that by chance, is working under vdub.

That's about it.
-vhelp

[Allan55]

the only people that are successfully capturing from the DV cam w/ vdub
or any other app, is/are those that are capturing through the S-Video / RCA
of the CAM, which is what I've done w/ my ZR-10 and TRV22.

I don't doubt that vdub can capture (transfer DV) from your CAM

Sloppy terminology leads to mass confusion......

If you connect your camera to the computer using an s-video/composite cable into some capture device then you are not capturing/transferring DV (digital video); you are capturing an analog signal (same as TV) even if your camera stores the video as DV on its tape. In this case you may get VirtualDub to work (it needs the older "video for windows" drivers).

If you are transferring with firewire (or maybe USB?) you are "capturing" DV. In this case VirtualDub won't work as far as I know.

Hope this helps clarify this situation.

Allan

[vhelp]

hi Allan55..

>> Sloppy terminology leads to mass confusion......

Yes, you are right

Actaully, I was getting at two points here:

1, IF there really is such a "driver" (for any analog cap app) then (see
.... below) this might work in vdub, that it (transfer DV) via firewire to
.... your harddrive (using "transfer DV" generically as analog capture,
.... since everyone seems to relate better w/ the word "capture"

2, IF the user was actually refereing (see 1 above) to capture if they were
.... in fact, capturing through their S-Video/RCA plugs to their capture card.

>> I don't doubt that vdub can capture (transfer DV) from your CAM

Again, I don't doubt that vdub can capture (transfer DV) from one's CAM
to one's harddrive. Just need the right "driver" and/or programming
After all, we have DVIO and RsDvCap for starters, in capturing
(transfering DV) to one's harddrive.

Believe me, I do understand the difference between DV and Analog capturing. It's just that some of us have not let go of the term, "Capture" in our video endeavors, and we, being nice guys understand this, and can
get along (and help) each other out.

Sorry if my grammar set you off
-vhelp