Video capture program!

littlecramp · 19th April 2004, 14:10

I use to have a leadtek winfast win2000xp where i can encode the TV or s-video/composite input to whatever video format that i had specified as long as I had the codecs.

Now I upgraded my TV tuner to Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 which use a hardware-based encoder for mpeg1/2 only. Is there any program where I can still do the encoding to other format ?

ShakyJake · 19th April 2004, 17:00

I have one of those cards too, and from what I'm starting to gather, it appears that most third party capture programs aren't going to work due to the onboard MPEG encoder.

It's kinda irritating, because ultimately it makes the card useless. I want to capture TV programs and later edit out the commercials. But due to the nature of the MPEG format, it makes it nearly impossible to do so!

trevlac · 19th April 2004, 19:00

I don't have a Hauppague, but I'd read the following site before I gave up. I'm not sure you can cap anything but mpeg with that card, but you can edit mpeg.

http://www.shspvr.com/

spuddog · 20th April 2004, 00:48

Try Womble Mpeg Vcr. It's easy to use and very fast

rfmmars · 20th April 2004, 06:48

If you want to try the "VDF to WDM wrapper" to make your card capture avi, send me a e-mail and I will attach. Give it a try.

richard

littlecramp · 20th April 2004, 11:03

Quote:

Originally posted by trevlac
I don't have a Hauppague, but I'd read the following site before I gave up. I'm not sure you can cap anything but mpeg with that card, but you can edit mpeg.

http://www.shspvr.com/

I want the program to have direct conversion, instead of the default captured mpeg format and conversion to other video format.

trevlac · 20th April 2004, 15:03

Quote:

Originally posted by littlecramp
I want the program to have direct conversion, instead of the default captured mpeg format and conversion to other video format.

Why would you buy a hardware mpeg2 encoder if you don't want mpeg2

littlecramp · 20th April 2004, 17:33

Its not I dont want to have it in mpeg2, but sometimes it is necessary to use codecs like divx, xvid allow for greater compression

trevlac · 20th April 2004, 20:32

Quote:

Originally posted by littlecramp
Its not I dont want to have it in mpeg2, but sometimes it is necessary to use codecs like divx, xvid allow for greater compression

Quote:

Hauppaugue FAQ
Third party capture applications not supported

The WinTV-PVR-250/350 records directly to MPEG using onboard Hardware encoders. Most third party capture applications are looking to attach to a card or driver that supports uncompressed video recordings. Like AVI files. These programs cannot capture video directly using the PVR-250/350.

You can of course follow something like the "Hauppauge PVR to MPEG4 Conversion Guide" http://www.servangle.net/pvr/

But an MPEG2->MPEG4 transcoder would be the best option ... don't know of one ... here's the theory ... http://live.ece.utexas.edu/publicati...2_vidtrans.pdf

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littlecramp Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 16	Video capture program! I use to have a leadtek winfast win2000xp where i can encode the TV or s-video/composite input to whatever video format that i had specified as long as I had the codecs. Now I upgraded my TV tuner to Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 which use a hardware-based encoder for mpeg1/2 only. Is there any program where I can still do the encoding to other format ?

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spuddog Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: southern illinois, usa Posts: 123	Try Womble Mpeg Vcr. It's easy to use and very fast __________________ Scott M.

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ShakyJake Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9	I have one of those cards too, and from what I'm starting to gather, it appears that most third party capture programs aren't going to work due to the onboard MPEG encoder. It's kinda irritating, because ultimately it makes the card useless. I want to capture TV programs and later edit out the commercials. But due to the nature of the MPEG format, it makes it nearly impossible to do so!

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trevlac budala Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: U.S. Posts: 545	I don't have a Hauppague, but I'd read the following site before I gave up. I'm not sure you can cap anything but mpeg with that card, but you can edit mpeg. http://www.shspvr.com/

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rfmmars Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 743	If you want to try the "VDF to WDM wrapper" to make your card capture avi, send me a e-mail and I will attach. Give it a try. richard

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littlecramp Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 16	Its not I dont want to have it in mpeg2, but sometimes it is necessary to use codecs like divx, xvid allow for greater compression