rob77979
15th February 2004, 22:41
I have downloaded and attempted to install the latest drivers for my G3Ti200 Pro -VT board. In my case, MSI's version of the WDM drivers differs from the latest nVidia WDM driver set as following:
After installing the MSI drivers, Windows XP finds 4 devices (1) nVidia WDM Video Capture (universal), (2) nVidia WDM A/V Crossover, (3) nVidia WDM TV Tuner, and (4) nVidia WDM TV Tuner Crossover. This card does not have a TV Tuner If I let the system install these devices, (1) I get Error 10 - device can't start on the capture devices, and even worse, BSOD for the TV tuner devices.
With the latest nVidia drivers (for VIVO ONLY card), I only get the two capture devices, and the error 10 (is this better? Not really.)
With MSI drivers and the latest nVidia drivers, if I reboot, the capture devices come up as if they are working. For MSI drivers, I have to cancel the installs for the TV Tuner device and TV crossover, then go to control panel > device manager and "disable in this profile" the 2 "unknown devices" which show up there. Then I can capture videos which look like this:
http://myweb.cableone.net/robnbeck/badcapture.jpg
The above is a frame from (allegedly) a 720X480 "DVD quality" video capture. This occurs with several different video capture progams.
How about a nice MPEG4 from VirtualDub:
http://myweb.cableone.net/robnbeck/MPEG4_VirtDub.jpg
In all these cases, the two side-by-side "mini videos" in the top half of the frame play simultaneously, while the bottom half is frozen in whatever picture it has made there.
The thing is, using the same computer (same exact hardware) with Windows 98 SE, I was able to capture videos very nicely!!
I have finally succeeded in making my video capture work.
However, not without a few more headaches. My "Double Image - Half Height" capture was my own stupidity.... I had the captures set for 30 fps -- setting them to 29.97 fixed that.
BUT I found this out when I had the latest nVidia display drivers (53.03) paired with the latest nVidia WDM drivers (2.20). The glorious full-height, single-frame screen capture had a bright white strip across the video approximately 1/3 of the total height.
You have to understand that I've been Googling this problem for several days... The one thing I think I've found out is that _Nobody_, including MSI, nVidia (especially nVidia!), or anywhere else, has really solved the problems people are having with these WDM drivers.
So here are the reasons I found out there for a White Bar across the picture:
(1) Improper installation of drivers - this supposedly causes a problem with 720 X 480 captures only. I had the bar on 640 X 480 captures as well.
(2) nVidia has gotten into bed with Bill Gate$(Micro$oft), Jack Valenti(Hollywood) and others to "protect digital rights". Newer versions of the WDM drivers (since which version? Does anyone know?) PUT the white bar across the video on purpose if the video you are capturing is copyrighted. The thing is, I was capturing an 8mm home video!
So, you decide, reason 1 or reason 2... I decided to try for #2.
I uninstalled WDM 2.20, ran the DriverCleaner2 (http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/) , and installed WDM 1.08 drivers. Guess what? No white bar. Now I can capture with Wincoder, VirtualDub, or Director's Cut 6.5. This is with nVidia Display Drivers 53.03 and WDM drivers 1.08 installed. I'm now thinking of the folks at nVidia the same way I think of Bill G and Jack V; they are all a bunch of rich, greedy scumbags. It is OK with them if they sacrifice your home videos in the name of their wealth.
After installing the MSI drivers, Windows XP finds 4 devices (1) nVidia WDM Video Capture (universal), (2) nVidia WDM A/V Crossover, (3) nVidia WDM TV Tuner, and (4) nVidia WDM TV Tuner Crossover. This card does not have a TV Tuner If I let the system install these devices, (1) I get Error 10 - device can't start on the capture devices, and even worse, BSOD for the TV tuner devices.
With the latest nVidia drivers (for VIVO ONLY card), I only get the two capture devices, and the error 10 (is this better? Not really.)
With MSI drivers and the latest nVidia drivers, if I reboot, the capture devices come up as if they are working. For MSI drivers, I have to cancel the installs for the TV Tuner device and TV crossover, then go to control panel > device manager and "disable in this profile" the 2 "unknown devices" which show up there. Then I can capture videos which look like this:
http://myweb.cableone.net/robnbeck/badcapture.jpg
The above is a frame from (allegedly) a 720X480 "DVD quality" video capture. This occurs with several different video capture progams.
How about a nice MPEG4 from VirtualDub:
http://myweb.cableone.net/robnbeck/MPEG4_VirtDub.jpg
In all these cases, the two side-by-side "mini videos" in the top half of the frame play simultaneously, while the bottom half is frozen in whatever picture it has made there.
The thing is, using the same computer (same exact hardware) with Windows 98 SE, I was able to capture videos very nicely!!
I have finally succeeded in making my video capture work.
However, not without a few more headaches. My "Double Image - Half Height" capture was my own stupidity.... I had the captures set for 30 fps -- setting them to 29.97 fixed that.
BUT I found this out when I had the latest nVidia display drivers (53.03) paired with the latest nVidia WDM drivers (2.20). The glorious full-height, single-frame screen capture had a bright white strip across the video approximately 1/3 of the total height.
You have to understand that I've been Googling this problem for several days... The one thing I think I've found out is that _Nobody_, including MSI, nVidia (especially nVidia!), or anywhere else, has really solved the problems people are having with these WDM drivers.
So here are the reasons I found out there for a White Bar across the picture:
(1) Improper installation of drivers - this supposedly causes a problem with 720 X 480 captures only. I had the bar on 640 X 480 captures as well.
(2) nVidia has gotten into bed with Bill Gate$(Micro$oft), Jack Valenti(Hollywood) and others to "protect digital rights". Newer versions of the WDM drivers (since which version? Does anyone know?) PUT the white bar across the video on purpose if the video you are capturing is copyrighted. The thing is, I was capturing an 8mm home video!
So, you decide, reason 1 or reason 2... I decided to try for #2.
I uninstalled WDM 2.20, ran the DriverCleaner2 (http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/) , and installed WDM 1.08 drivers. Guess what? No white bar. Now I can capture with Wincoder, VirtualDub, or Director's Cut 6.5. This is with nVidia Display Drivers 53.03 and WDM drivers 1.08 installed. I'm now thinking of the folks at nVidia the same way I think of Bill G and Jack V; they are all a bunch of rich, greedy scumbags. It is OK with them if they sacrifice your home videos in the name of their wealth.