TV Capturing

[Ciscokid2005]

I have a Hauppauge 150 MCE capture card. I would like to capture some TV programs and store them on my hard drive. What is the best way to do this? Should I capture at the max resolution (5.9 GB/hR) then convert to xVID? What does everyone suggest? Also, What do you guys recommend for cutting out the commericals of the mpeg video? Thanks

[DrP]

If you plan on converting to xvid, then yes, capture at the highest bitrate you can - 15Mbit/sec 720 x 480 (576). The card can output higher bitrates, but - it can't really take advantage of them; rates above 15Mbit/sec exceed the MP@ML profile; the card will sometimes just stop outputting data.

As far as editing goes, free = project-x/pvastrumento + cuttermaran/mpeg2schnitt, pay = videoredo.

If you are after an easy command line capture tool - gbrecord - www.shspvr.com in the forum, 3rd party capture software for the 150.