Can DVICO Fusion HDTV DVB-T Plus card capture PAL 720x576 AVI?

[slees]

I am pretty much a newbie to analogue video capture who is very stuck.

I have 40 VHS tapes to backup to DVD. Half are family video and the rest are pre-recorded. Of these a few are NTSC with most being PAL.

No matter what capture software I use with this card I cannot get this size.
The DVICO software tells me it can capture 720x576 MPEG2 files but not to AVI at all.
The bundled Video Studio 8 software will capture AVI but only up to 720x480.
I have tried VirtualDUB, VirtualVCR and Sony Vegas 6, all with similar results.

DVICO have not been helpful.
They just keep telling me that I cannot capture AVI full stop with their card.
Even when I tell them I am already capturing AVI files with other software, but I cannot achieve 720x576.

It seems like the card is locked into NTSC sizes?
I am further confused by the person who recommended this card to me, saying they can achieve PAL 720x576 with this card (but I cannot get to physically see this working).

I would just like to know whether this card just cannot do this (so I can get rid of it), or whether it is something I am doing wrong, and I need to keep trying other options.

And if it is the wrong card, what card or cards would you recommend I get?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

I'm moving your question to our HDTV/DVB forum, per this announcement that you must have missed: http://forum.doom9.org/announcement.php?f=10

[slees]

It is not that I missed it - it is just that I didn't understand.
Still not sure that I do.
But I will keep trying.
Thankyou for your help and sorry again.

[jggimi]

No problem, slees -- your question could have gone either place, I just think the DVB forum is a better place as you are more likely to find someone familiar with your device.

[CityK]

slees, you'd likely find lots of fellow users of that card here (http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showforum=9)

[slees]

Sorry I forgot to log the outcome.

I gave up on DVICO and their AUS$165 card in the end.
It appears (as near as I can determine) that the driver just won't allow this size.

I went and bought a Leadtek Winfast TV2000 Expert card for AUS$59 and it does the job beautifully at 720x576.

Shame about the 1 month and money I wasted on DVICO.

But if you want (need I should say) to do PAL size analogue video capture - my recommendation is - DON'T get a DVICO card.

While I can only speak for the Plus card, the lack of useful service I received, would apply to all products.