tbabik
13th November 2005, 12:46
Hi
I've got a problem with capturing a VHS.
I borrowed a Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB to capture a VHS to my PC.
I use the software that was included, which is Pinnacle Studio 9.
I use the SVideo and Sound input to go from my VHS Player to the Box and I use the USB connection to get the stream to my PC.
Now my problem, Studio 9 only lets me choose MPEG output, which means my CPU has to encode the stream while Studio9 records it, now I belive my problem is related to my CPU speed which is 1470mhz and that it is just to slow to encode while recording, even if the taskmanager shows that Ive have enough Resources left, maybe Im not really sure.
Well the problem is, I record like 1 minute, I dont get a preview, although its checked in the options, afterwards the created MPEG file is like 3mb and got now Picture, nor Sound, sometimes I get some chopped parts of sound, but thats it. Now Im not sure if its just the software or if its my CPU speed?
Any suggestions?
Maybe there is another freeware software that allows me to capture through the USB port. Or maybe I can capture through USB without encoding it first, only the raw data? I know its possible with a DV Source, maybe there is a way to do that with my VHS Source too?
Thx
I've got a problem with capturing a VHS.
I borrowed a Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB to capture a VHS to my PC.
I use the software that was included, which is Pinnacle Studio 9.
I use the SVideo and Sound input to go from my VHS Player to the Box and I use the USB connection to get the stream to my PC.
Now my problem, Studio 9 only lets me choose MPEG output, which means my CPU has to encode the stream while Studio9 records it, now I belive my problem is related to my CPU speed which is 1470mhz and that it is just to slow to encode while recording, even if the taskmanager shows that Ive have enough Resources left, maybe Im not really sure.
Well the problem is, I record like 1 minute, I dont get a preview, although its checked in the options, afterwards the created MPEG file is like 3mb and got now Picture, nor Sound, sometimes I get some chopped parts of sound, but thats it. Now Im not sure if its just the software or if its my CPU speed?
Any suggestions?
Maybe there is another freeware software that allows me to capture through the USB port. Or maybe I can capture through USB without encoding it first, only the raw data? I know its possible with a DV Source, maybe there is a way to do that with my VHS Source too?
Thx