How do I capture??

[klinky]

Q8: Why is VirtualDub software unable to capture a frame with more than 288 pixel rows in PAL mode (or 240 pixel rows for NTSC)?
A: VirtualDub, like any other VFW based software, uses a so-called wrapper to translate VFW calls to their counterparts in "DirectShow/WDM world". This slowdowns your PC a bit, and the wrapper grabs only one TV signal field. This results in only 288 lines for PAL/SECAM and 240 lines for NTSC. I think it would be possible to modify their wrapper to solve this problem but unfortunately I do not have the free time and special equipment needed to work on it.

Perhaps you could use Pinnacles software? Maybe you can get it off their website. Also I am sure the card came with it's own capture software. Can't you use that? Either way, it sounds like vDub is not going to work for you.

~klinky

[Knowname]

yea I remember reading about VFW vs Directshow etc. on that Brooktree driver site (was under the impression that MPEG = VFW and AVI = DShow, therefor FFDShow)... so I guess that means that only DV equipment is truly AVI (DShow) compliant... anyway nice find I'll look into that some more.

I'll try whatever Pinnacle uses but as most S/W is just the SE version of a commercial package I'll probly end up with paying for it . This card (PC-PVR) comes with Cyberlink's PowerVCR it's an MPEG program (again VFW comes back to haunt me, don't know why I didn't think of it b4! :stupid stupid STUPID:) but I just wanted to know my options.

You can use Dscaler 3's new PVR thing to haxxor (make) a capture avi but I've only been able to change it's horrizontal pixel count and it's VERY buggy... but maybe if I wanna capture a 640x480 (320x480 upped via VDub) I'll do that... dunno. But again that thing is so buggy think it only does uncompressed and skips like hell (though DShow is supposed to be faster in XP...). I wanna try Intervideo's WinVCR (extra comment that has little to do with anything).