Vf-
28th December 2005, 12:57
Hi,
I have a few questions concerning capturing in-game footage from my main- to my second pc. The past months I've been doing this by connecting them with an s-video cable from my gfx card on main pc (geforce 5600, upgraded to geforce 7800 gt a few weeks ago) to the tv-card in my second pc (hauppauge wintv 88x).
Benefits compared to programs like fraps and gamecam is that I can use the picvideo mjpeg-3 codec for relatively small file sizes, even for a long time of recording. Also the quality is a lot better I think - much more smooth, fraps gives a huge drop in fps and huge filesizes.
As said above I bought a new videocard a few weeks ago, which resulted in a drop in quality. Here are two screenshots that (hopefully) show the problem:
Screenshot1 - geforce 5600
http://gallery.gunner440.com/albums/vf/frame2.jpg
Screenshot2 - geforce 7800 gt
http://gallery.gunner440.com/albums/vf/frame1.jpg
Theres some really annoying lines all over the screen, and I really don't have a clue what causes them or how I can fix it. Does anyone have any idea?
Second question I have - currently I play at 1024x786 and virtualdub compresses it to 786x512. I would prefer playing at 1280x1024, but when I use that resolution, its not scaled down but instead I get the 'panning'.
Is there any way I can possibly record the full 1280x1024 using the same method (or close) as described above? I've looked at some scan converters but I'm not really sure how they work.. sad.gif And next to that, they are quite expensive.
Thanks a lot in advance, if you need any more info regarding the method I use to capture or about the hardware I use, just say. I'll check the post often smile.gif
Vf
I have a few questions concerning capturing in-game footage from my main- to my second pc. The past months I've been doing this by connecting them with an s-video cable from my gfx card on main pc (geforce 5600, upgraded to geforce 7800 gt a few weeks ago) to the tv-card in my second pc (hauppauge wintv 88x).
Benefits compared to programs like fraps and gamecam is that I can use the picvideo mjpeg-3 codec for relatively small file sizes, even for a long time of recording. Also the quality is a lot better I think - much more smooth, fraps gives a huge drop in fps and huge filesizes.
As said above I bought a new videocard a few weeks ago, which resulted in a drop in quality. Here are two screenshots that (hopefully) show the problem:
Screenshot1 - geforce 5600
http://gallery.gunner440.com/albums/vf/frame2.jpg
Screenshot2 - geforce 7800 gt
http://gallery.gunner440.com/albums/vf/frame1.jpg
Theres some really annoying lines all over the screen, and I really don't have a clue what causes them or how I can fix it. Does anyone have any idea?
Second question I have - currently I play at 1024x786 and virtualdub compresses it to 786x512. I would prefer playing at 1280x1024, but when I use that resolution, its not scaled down but instead I get the 'panning'.
Is there any way I can possibly record the full 1280x1024 using the same method (or close) as described above? I've looked at some scan converters but I'm not really sure how they work.. sad.gif And next to that, they are quite expensive.
Thanks a lot in advance, if you need any more info regarding the method I use to capture or about the hardware I use, just say. I'll check the post often smile.gif
Vf