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deity47
27th July 2005, 22:34
I thought it would be simple to capture some old video and burn it onto DVD, but I am almost tearing my hair out!

The system:
AthlonXP @ 2.3ghz
512mb DDR Dual Channel
Abit NF7-S v2.0
ATi Radeon 9550
Hauppauge PVR-150 PCI
200GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10

I have a Sony camcorder with composite (?) outputs - the red, white and yellow ones. The yellow video one plugs straight into the Composite In on the back of the Hauppauge capture card. I have bought a converter which combines the red and white audio ones into a single headphone style one and plugs into the Line In on the back of the Hauppauge capture card. Should be nowt wrong with that?
First, I tried simply Windows Movie Maker and this proved very temperamental, regularly crashing, though I did eventually manage to make a wmv file with colour and sound – not bad, but the crashing put me off, so I thought I’d try something else.
This time onto the Ulead DVD MovieFactory that came with the card – using this to capture, it often shows nothing in the preview pane, but the one time that it did (even though I hadn't changed any settings !?) I was able to capture some MPEG video, however with no sound. I have applied the Hauppauge patch from the site, the Plug-In is set to Hauppauge, I have the video input as Composite, but it will not let me select an audio input?

Anyway for today I have given up, it just seems so hard!
Please I look for advice from those with the PVR-150 card – what software should I be using to capture analogue video? Preferably some simply software, as VirtualDub and AviSynth are way beyond my capabilities.
Any suggestions as to why capturing is being so temperamental?

Thank you in advance :thanks: :(

V BOT
1st August 2005, 06:07
Why don't you try ULead VideoStudio 9? You should be able to download a trial version at ULead.com. I use it to do what you're trying to do, but I first transfer my camcorder/VHS tapes to DVD_VR using a stand alone DVD Recorder(Ilo). This program has been very easy to use with motion menus and music, etc. I haven't used the Movie Factory, but I think Video Studio would be a better program to use. Know anything about converting PAL to NTSC? I'm wanting to transfer a PAL DVD(Music Video) to NTSC. And how do I get an image to appear on my postings? Sorry.

tigerman8u
1st August 2005, 22:44
If you want to capture to avi I like Virtual vcr (free). As stated above I've had good results with Ulead video studio. Have you checked your settings in Ulead for the correct audio input. I'm not familiar with your capture card but my card captures audio thru the audio card and I click on line in for audio