Video Capture Problems >>PLEASE HELP<< :)

[TYSPhiberOptik]

Hello, I guess I'll start by giving some computer info: I have an Asus V7700 Deluxe (GF2 GTS) w/ VIVO running under Windows XP with the 14.10 drivers. I use the Asus WDM Video Capture driver and Asus DVCR 2.0 software to capture my footage. The DVCR software captures into mpeg2. I have 256MB PC2100 RAM, and a 40GB 7200RPM Maxtor HD. My processor is a 1.2 GHz Thunderbird.

I captured a TV show (hour long), but what's really annoying is the audio is about 1-2 seconds early...so it's out of synch with the video. :| How do I fix that or prevent it from happening?

Also, I used to use VirtualDub to cut out the commercials, and save it as an AVI encoded in DivX...but now, after I've reformatted (I was running XP before also)...it won't open my mpeg 2 files. Why is that? Are there any other programs that I can use to cut out commercials, then encode in AVI?

Also, are there any other programs that capture in mpeg2 format? I've tried capturing in AVI and have found the captured files to be much bigger, with many annoying scan lines.

Lastly, should I capture with the framerate set at 29.97 or at 30?


I know I have a lot of questions, and thanks in advance for any answers I may recieve,

Zack

 

[Jeff7]

I usually capture at 26fps; it looks just as good as 30fps from the TV, and it takes up less space.

Since you reinstalled the OS, you might need to reinstall the codecs.

 

[TYSPhiberOptik]

The only codec I had previously installed was DivX, and I reinstalled that one.

Oh, and since you said to capture at 26 frames...I'm assuming that fps doesn't have anything to do with the audio/video being out of synch?

 

[Nupraptor]

Try installing the Indeo video codecs. You might have had them installed by a game or some such thing.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

ASUS cards use a proprietary codec that might or might not be compatible with other programs. Hence, a mpeg2 file made using this codec might not be seen by another application.

I did a similar thing some time ago, trying to capture some video for a class presentation. The resulting file, although seemingly perfect, would not play unless I had the ASUS codecs correctly installed and working.

I actually had to give up on using mpeg2, and resumed to a regular mpeg1 file.

I have no idea what causes the de-synch, though. I have never experienced it.

You can try to use ULEAD VIDEO Studio instead of Digital VCR, and capture using non-proprietary codecs. However, any .avi (mpeg2) file will be huge. You could try High-quality Mpeg-1...