RjBeals
15th November 2006, 22:45
When I first got my computer, I downloaded tons of codecs (not knowing what I was doing). I still struggle with finding tutorials / methods that work right for me – there is SO MUCH information out there, and I just don’t have that much time to devote…
Anyway, Here is my equipment:
Computer:
Pentium IV w/ 3.2GB Hyperthread processor / 1GB Ram / 200GB HD / Windows XP-SP2
Capture Card:
ATSC 110 Video Tuner Card (Kworld Digital/Analog HDTV Tuner PCI Card) (http://static.tigerdirect.com/pdf/Kworld_ATSC-110_datasheet.pdf)
Philips SAA713X, Hybrid Capture Device (I think this is known as the chipset?)
Video Card:
eVGA GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache PCIe supporting 128M (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=E145-5126)
Here is what I would like to do:
1) Purchased Beyond TV which works fine as my pvr / nothing fancy, not HD, just normal coaxial cable from the wall to my card. Capture as MPEG-2 (8,000 kbs). Files are pretty big. I use the option “Showsqueeze” to encode the mpegs to divx, then delete the mpegs. I’ve played a good bit with the divx settings, but cannot get to the point I want.
What I want: I’ve come across other videos / tv shows that have been encoded as divx & xvid where the file size is like 350mb for 45 minutes of video. Quality is unbelievably excellent. I know the original shows were most likely captured in high-def at 20,000 kbs. I would like to come as close as I can?
2) Have a Sony Handycam that records on 8mm tapes. My capture card has S-Video in, so I want to capture analog video to my computer (highest quality / lowest file size). Would like to eventually record old family tapes to DVD.
Problem – I have so many codecs on my computer, I think I’m not using the correct ones. Nor do I know how to remove old ones, or which ones are actually doing the work? At last try, I was able to use VirtualDub & record video as a huge AVI file. That’s about where I lose it. Is there somewhere I can take a screen shot of my codecs so someone here can help me delete the old ones (not used ones)??
I want to follow the doom9 guide:
Capture Guide (capture analogue sources with VirtualDub/AviSynth) (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/capture/start.html)
Which seems to be extremely thorough and easy to follow.
Thanks -
(Sorry for the long post)
Rob.
Anyway, Here is my equipment:
Computer:
Pentium IV w/ 3.2GB Hyperthread processor / 1GB Ram / 200GB HD / Windows XP-SP2
Capture Card:
ATSC 110 Video Tuner Card (Kworld Digital/Analog HDTV Tuner PCI Card) (http://static.tigerdirect.com/pdf/Kworld_ATSC-110_datasheet.pdf)
Philips SAA713X, Hybrid Capture Device (I think this is known as the chipset?)
Video Card:
eVGA GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache PCIe supporting 128M (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=E145-5126)
Here is what I would like to do:
1) Purchased Beyond TV which works fine as my pvr / nothing fancy, not HD, just normal coaxial cable from the wall to my card. Capture as MPEG-2 (8,000 kbs). Files are pretty big. I use the option “Showsqueeze” to encode the mpegs to divx, then delete the mpegs. I’ve played a good bit with the divx settings, but cannot get to the point I want.
What I want: I’ve come across other videos / tv shows that have been encoded as divx & xvid where the file size is like 350mb for 45 minutes of video. Quality is unbelievably excellent. I know the original shows were most likely captured in high-def at 20,000 kbs. I would like to come as close as I can?
2) Have a Sony Handycam that records on 8mm tapes. My capture card has S-Video in, so I want to capture analog video to my computer (highest quality / lowest file size). Would like to eventually record old family tapes to DVD.
Problem – I have so many codecs on my computer, I think I’m not using the correct ones. Nor do I know how to remove old ones, or which ones are actually doing the work? At last try, I was able to use VirtualDub & record video as a huge AVI file. That’s about where I lose it. Is there somewhere I can take a screen shot of my codecs so someone here can help me delete the old ones (not used ones)??
I want to follow the doom9 guide:
Capture Guide (capture analogue sources with VirtualDub/AviSynth) (http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/capture/start.html)
Which seems to be extremely thorough and easy to follow.
Thanks -
(Sorry for the long post)
Rob.