Capturing with VirtualDub

[Ridderen]

When i open VirtualDub I go to Capture AVI mode, setting the output file, connecting to my Hauppauge USB PVR2 tuner and makes sure it's connected, then I set tuner to 72 where I know there's a channel. But when I click Capture Video it says:

"Unable to start video capture." - Why?

[mod]

Can you provide additional infos about your settings and the error message?

[Ridderen]

I don't really do anything else

Double click VirtualDub.exe
File > Capture AVI
F2 > d:\test_capture.avi
Device > 1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 Encoder (DirectShow) (status bar says Connected to capture device: 1 Hauppauge WinTV PVR USB2 Encoder (DirectShow))
Video > Tuner... > Channel=72 Country=45 Input=Cable
F5 > "Unable to start video capture."

[Ridderen]

It isn't possible to record with Hauppauge USB models from VirtualDub. I go back to GBRecord :)

[Perepandel]

Sorry to revive this old thread, but that assertion is FALSE.

I found this post because I'm experiencing the same problem with a Leadtek WinFast PVR2000, and still haven't found the problem. It happens randomly. I also have a Avermedia TV Capture 98 and a Happuage 900H USB stick, which is hybrid angalog/dual, and I have succesfully captured with them and Virtualdub, but can only capture in one of each dozen of attemps with CX2388x (WinFast PVR2000). I have a dual system which can boot in Windows 7 64 bit or in Windows XP 32 bit. It happens in both OS.

[jmac698]

Sometimes I've had such problems, but the solution was the order of doing things. It might work in Dscaler on first booting but not a second time, or if another program tried to use it. Think of it as a problem that registers are left in a messed up state, or that a resource is stuck in use. So I had to use programs freshly or in a certain order. Try experiments along that way, from a fresh reboot.