What capture software do you recomend?

Iv noticed the supplied program that came with my DC10+ cap card isnt gonna cut it. I think it can only capture in its own codec made by pinnacle. I did notice a section under make file which listed 12 others, example :Cinemac Codek by Radius, micrsoft RLE and H.261 and H.263 Mireo Video DV300. there were a others.

Iv been fooling around with Pinnacle Studio 7.13 but it wont let me capture more then 10 mins worth of video. I have like 14gigs free. Also the majore problem is it wants to capture around 27000 for high quality and 6500 for low quality. My max safe (and locked speed according to the program) is 6000 so I cant capture even low quality with it. Not sure why i have this problem. My read speed on the drive is like 25000 and my write speed was something like 13000. I would think a ATA-66 would run better. All cables are good and drivers are up to date.

btw Ashy thanks for the templates.




I just picked up Adobe Premier, will be playing with it later.

I have adobe premier but it wont capture through a capture card it seems to only capture through a dv "firewire" card.I have been trying to get it to capture through my "hauppauge win tv" but no luck so if anyone knows the trick to get it to work let me know.....

I had the same problem with studio 7 (7.13.5). I could not change the capture rate (it was set at 27000 while the dc10+ hardware only handles 6000 as maximum). While I was playing with the capture settings I changed PAL to NTSC and then I could change the settings. Then I changed the setting to PAL again and I could set the datarate (with 6000 as a maximum). Now it captures fine.

With win95/98/me there are several programs then can capture with the dc10+:
aviedit (i like the best) avi_io, and premiere 6.

Under Win2000/XP you can only capture with studio 7.

Rob

TMPGEnc opens the file good. But then when I want to use the source range option it doesn't "scroll" up and down the movie frames .. it just gets stuck and I need to close the service. Why is this?

It seems that your file has some errors in it and "tmpgenc" is chokeing on it, what you can try to do is instead of moveing the slider to the part of the movie that you want to encode to ,just type in the frame number ..this has worked for me, .....

I'll give it a go :)

I have the quicktime plugin, yet when i try to turn into an mpeg i get perfect quality, yet no audio, can anyone help me here ???


Thanks in advance

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the audio in your mov file probably isn"t supported by "tmpgenc" you should extract the audio from your mov file and convert it to wav and put that file in to "tmpgenc" as your audio source...since I don"t do "mov" files i can"t tell you a tool that will extract the audio and convert it to wav but "db power amp" might do it..

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I am trying to convert a video file that is in AVI format to MPEG 1 so that I can burn it to VCD. But every time I try to have TMPGEnc open it(the avi file) so that I can convert it I get an error saying "File "G: he name of file.avi" cannot open, or unsupported." By the way I am using TMPGEnc Plus Version 2.54.37.135, Core Version 1.87.133. Also I am using the VCD NTSC Film template to convert the file. If you need more information you can e-mail me at Zhou_3@msn.com. Thank you. Below is the information on the video file and my computer.

_______________________________________________________________________________
INFORMATION ON VIDEO FILE:

Size - 181mb

IMAGE
Width - 352 pixels
Height - 240 pixels

AUDIO
Duration - 1:10:19
Bit Rate - 56kbps
Audio format - MP3

VIDEO
Frame Rate - 14 frames/second
Data Rate - 44kbps
_______________________________________________________________________________

INFORMATION ON MY COMPUTER

Pentium III 1Ghz Proccessor
384mb of SD RAM
Windows XP Pro
All-In-Wonder 128 Pro video card w/32mb on board RAM
Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ Sound Card
Sony SPRESSA CRX160E burner (12x/8x/32x)

it is one of two things, you don"t have the right codec, or you need to raise your "direct show" plugin, to do this go to "options" the "enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" here you raise your "direct show" plugin to "2" and lower every thing else to "0"....this should work...

Thanks for the advice Minion. My problem is solved.

Thank you also, I was having the same problem and that worked for me to...

Minion,
I'm getting the same error as Zhou_3. I'd like to use your solution to this problem, however, when I try to change my vfapi plugin settings I am unable to do so. Is there a trick to this or am I just missing something here? What should I be doing? Thanks.

mcarlo,
to change the priority you have to right click to the line to get a context menu

for some reason.... after using smart ripper successfully 19 times and dvd2avi 19 times and tmpgenc 38 times.. i cant seem to get an audio (.wav) file from dvd2avi for the movie From Hell... this movie's audio format is DTS . it is the first one i have tried in DTS audio format. does dvd2avi support this format. can someone clarify or help me with this please. thanks :)

First go into your "ifo" file that smartripper made,and check what track the english audio track that isn"t "DD" . then change the track number under audio in dvd2avi, then you will get a wav file...

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND NOT ONLY THAT. BUT NOW I CAN USE THE SUBTITLE TRACKS IF NEED BE!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU :) :) :) :) :) :)

no problem .I"m here to serve!!!!!!!

im wondering if you ca do a batch encode to do numerous files consecutivly with out manual intervention

Yes you can.

great......how do you do it?

MPEG tools > batch encode

there is no batch encode under MPEG tools

file > batch encode

I must say, this is general question, which you can search net or the software directly. And asking/answering this kind of question may be violates "Term of use" on this BBS.

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If my comment is not appropriate, please delete it.

I have a serious problem. I converted Avi to VCD many times with TMPGEnc. My system XP, AMD 1600+, 256 MB DDR.
Since two days the complete System freezes after 2-4 Min. of converting. I changed nothing remarkable. Is my system instable or whats the problem. I tried many files, I downloaded a newer version of TMPG, nothing works. Please help. (Answers in german are also welcome)
Thanks

Have the same problem.
Tried different versions of TMPGEnc on different avi files. First started noticing it while converting avi file to DVD MPG2.
Running on WinXP, P4 1.7 MHz, 256 MB RDRAM, 40 and 60 GB 7200 rpm HDs..

I have the same problem! amd 1700+ 512 ram winxp. The cpu usage for the program is running @ 99%. I did look at the know issues and created a new temp file for the output. I'll let you know if that worked.

No luck. Froze again.

me too can hardly get through a 800mb file to encode. whole system crashes. Real pain. 1400 512ddr XP.

Can anyone tell me the proper framerate to encode for DVD? Is it 29.97 or 30fps...Also when you extract audio in virtual dub will the audio automatically synch when you combine and encode with TMPGEnc

It is 29.97fps in "ntsc" and your audio should be in sync if the avi you used to extract the audio has the same frame rate that you are encodeing to....

If the framerate of the original is 25fps pal and I am trying to convert to 29.97 NTSC will the audio automatically convert as well

Hello all....I have been trying to convert from AVI to Mpeg 2 without losing quality but it has been difficult...I can download a pristine copy of a film and when I go to convert to MPEG 2 so I can burn it to DVD I lose quite a bit of quality...Also after it encodes to DVD and I burn I get the digital blocking effect...Can anyone give me a hint as to what I need to do to retain quality ...

The higher the bitrate the higher the quality as a general rule,you should watch you encodes before you burn then so you don"t waste a dvd disk..

When i load a divx, and go use the source function in the advanced tag, i normally see the format and the fps in the upperleft corner. with some divx's the framerate is displayed wrong (30fps instead of 23.970 or 29.970). Does anybody know why? Is it just displayed wrong or does tmpgenc see the file as a 30fps avi. If so, what can i do about it 'cause it's impossible to get files in sync when tmpgenc sees the framerate wrongly.

Thanks in advance.
Richard

All I do is load the file in virtual dub....then go to file...file information....there you will see the original framerate and resolution...if the frame rate is 23.971... then when you know its NTSCFilm... knowing that you load the NTSCFilm template in tmpgenc.... if the framerate is 29.971... then you know it is NTSC...tmpgenc load NTSC template....pay attention to the resolution...if it is 352x240 then choose vcd only...svcd will only waste your time cause the quality will not be there...if the resolution is or close to 480x480 then vcd or svcd will have good quality.... if the resolution is higher than that ...like around 720x480 then you might want to choose xvcd or xsvcd...these last 2 choices are not compatible in all dvd players...so be careful with these last two settings... mine plays them fine and I heard that all apex players do as well... if I were you I would do a test encode with 1-2 min movie clip and burn onto cd-rw and test it in the dvd player....happy encoding

How to use the audio gap correct?Is it possible to hear the sound in the source range for correct adjustement ?

encode a smoall chunk of the movie....then look at it to see if it is in sync...trial and error will perfect it

You have to encode a few seconds of your file and listen to the file to see if it is synced, then repeat till you get it right.I know it seems tedious but you should get it right after a few tries..

No matter what i try to get my tmpgenc to work it just wont. a little while ago i encoded some files using DVD2AVI and then went to use TMPGENC and it wouldn't work at all - something to do with either file type unsupported or cannot open. i added and installed the VFAPI - no change. next i put the DVD2AVI API into the same folder and it worked for 1 encoding - after that it came up with all of the same messages. they are all the latest versions that i am using and i just can'y understand what is going wrong.
Also is there anyway to make the SVCD contain Dolby Digital instead of AC3???

Somebody please help!!!

Regards
Simon

I think your problem is that the priority of your "dvd2avi" plugin isn"t high enough..go to you "enviromental settings" then to "vfapi plugins" and raise your "dvd2avi project file reader" to "2" this should get your "d2v files" loaded, and remember not to move or delete any of your "vob" files and "d2v files" till encodeing is complaeted....