I just got a Capture Card....

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I just got a Capture Card....

Postby MaggIvy » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:44 pm

And I'm having a lot of trouble...I was wondering if any of you can help me out please?

Its an MSI Theater 550 Pro and I'm having a pathetic amount of problems getting this thing to work on other programs...like Virtual Dub Mod for example.

The original software is ok, but it won't let me record PS2 or PS3 games at all...so I guess I can't use that, it also lags like crazy. I press a button and 5 seconds later something happens kind of lag. Probably due to lack of memory...I only have 1 gig.

Here's a screeny of what happens when I use other programs then PowerCinema4 (which came with the card, this software sucks balls by the way):

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y148/M ... aptred.jpg

The problem with this is, NO programs are running at all when I try to do this, I even uninstalled the PowerCinema and still I get the same message and other programs won't allow me to use it. This is very frustrating.

Any ideas or better software to use for capturing? :!: :shock:
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Postby NeoQuixotic » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:25 pm

The input lag is an issue with all capture cards as far as I know. Works great for watching and recording, but sucks for playing games on.

It's been quite some time since I've done analog capturing, but I've had success with VirtualDub (not Mod, the newest versions), Virtual VCR (although it hasn't been updated in ages), and iuVCR (is updated but not free).

I'm sure there is some better piece of software out there, but I haven't used anything other than what I've listed. Not sure about the error message though :?.
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Postby MaggIvy » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:15 am

Thanks for your help. I decided to give Virtual VCR a try and surprisingly I was able to record and even play some games with ease...only problem is interlacing (which can be taken care of separately anyway) and audio synch, which might be fixable to...since you used them, do you have any suggestions?
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Postby M.H.A.Q.S. » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:22 am

DScaler OWNS ALL!!! :twisted:

www.dscaler.org

If anything can challenge Dscaler then thats Dscaler!!! :twisted:
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Postby MaggIvy » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:30 pm

That looks like an awesome program but it doesn't seem like my capture card is supported by it...
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Postby M.H.A.Q.S. » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:19 pm

MaggIvy wrote:That looks like an awesome program but it doesn't seem like my capture card is supported by it...


damn! that's sad :(. You may use the software that you have then :). I did bump into this thread though...

http://www.dscaler.org/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 3915572d9b

It seems some people keeps testing different models with this card and eventually hit upon partial working.
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Postby MaggIvy » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:09 pm

Hrm, I need something that fully works though lol.

As for Virtual VCR, I'm having huge problems with audio and video synch, apparently my capture cards audio couldn't be resampled...I may have to do the whole audio thing in premiere...does anyone have any ideas?
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Postby M.H.A.Q.S. » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:59 pm

MaggIvy wrote:Hrm, I need something that fully works though lol.

As for Virtual VCR, I'm having huge problems with audio and video synch, apparently my capture cards audio couldn't be resampled...I may have to do the whole audio thing in premiere...does anyone have any ideas?


What I do, when I get a problem with an out of sync A/V is that I record both of them seperately and then mux them together using some program. This means that you may record the video from Virtual VCR and the audio from another program running alongside Virtual VCR.
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Postby MaggIvy » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:47 pm

That sounds interesting, what audio recording program do you recommend?
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Postby M.H.A.Q.S. » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:40 am

Total Recorder would do just fine.
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Postby MaggIvy » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:21 pm

Ok, I downloaded a trial version just to see if it would work and well it doesn't. I set my VirtualVCR to "record through total recorder" and no matter what I do I cannot find my capture card for recording sound in the system settings for total recorder. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. The only thing it can find for recording is my digital cam. I set everything else to "through total recorder" but I'm not getting anything at all when I try to capture or even play.

Any ideas?
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Postby M.H.A.Q.S. » Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:40 pm

MaggIvy wrote:Ok, I downloaded a trial version just to see if it would work and well it doesn't. I set my VirtualVCR to "record through total recorder" and no matter what I do I cannot find my capture card for recording sound in the system settings for total recorder. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. The only thing it can find for recording is my digital cam. I set everything else to "through total recorder" but I'm not getting anything at all when I try to capture or even play.

Any ideas?


You don't record audio through Virtual VCR or any other program when using Total Recorder. Use the program itself to record it.

In case you can't get this program to work for ya. You can always use the Windows's own Stereo Mix option in Recording Panel(When you double click on your taskbar's audio icon to get the audio properties) to record every sound made by your computer to record whatever you want. You can even use Jet Audio or any program that can record audio to do that.

I will try to post screencaps if you still couldn't do it :).
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Postby MaggIvy » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:26 pm

Ohh, I think I know what you mean...but when I capture with VirtualVCR there is no audio and if there is no audio preview or play at all. Virtual Dub has it though but when I use it its awfully glitchy. full of popping noises, and static...I get better video results using VVCR.

I tried recording from when I play regular music and it plays and records just fine...but trying to do it while I'm trying to capture just doesn't work at all.

Maybe I need screenies... :?:
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