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Seraphic- · 9th August 2007, 16:35

Interesting that you picked up the card (I had a few questions about it).

Using DScaler, are you able to record a full height (not counting 1/2 height) of 640x480 or 720x480? And how is your audio/video sync issue when recording (I had a sync issue when using a sound card for the audio input)? Also, can you post some samples with component?

I should report that I found a way to access the on-board audio processor when recording using 3rd party programs. Audio is very clear/vibrant and perfectly synced to video. With that fixed and component working, the only problems that remain are:

If the the card is truly recording 640x480 or if it's 720x480 squished/resized.

To decompress the proprietary "CXF2" color-space/compression format (found a way to do it short duration videos, but videos longer don't display a video source when trying to decompress).

The last is to do some more comparisons with S-Video and Component as the S-Video looks brighter and to have more vibrate color. (this could be due to the fact that component was meant to be used with their capture application).

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Seraphic- Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 698	Interesting that you picked up the card (I had a few questions about it). Using DScaler, are you able to record a full height (not counting 1/2 height) of 640x480 or 720x480? And how is your audio/video sync issue when recording (I had a sync issue when using a sound card for the audio input)? Also, can you post some samples with component? I should report that I found a way to access the on-board audio processor when recording using 3rd party programs. Audio is very clear/vibrant and perfectly synced to video. With that fixed and component working, the only problems that remain are: If the the card is truly recording 640x480 or if it's 720x480 squished/resized. To decompress the proprietary "CXF2" color-space/compression format (found a way to do it short duration videos, but videos longer don't display a video source when trying to decompress). The last is to do some more comparisons with S-Video and Component as the S-Video looks brighter and to have more vibrate color. (this could be due to the fact that component was meant to be used with their capture application). Last edited by Seraphic-; 9th August 2007 at 17:21.