Video Capture Software Problem

[Doin]

I recently bought a Winfast VC100 XP video capture card.
The software I am using is Winfast PVR which seems to capture the VHS with quite good quality and put them into mpeg2. For small files it seems to work.

I just tried, for the first time, to rip a full length movie.

The software broke it up into 4 separate files even though I didn't tell it to select a size limit (should I have?)

The problem is this....

2 of the files worked perfectly with sound and picture and the other 2 don't run properly or have no sound.

Could anyone suggest a reason for this and/or how it could be rectified?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Doin]

Can anyone suggest some decent capture software for ripping VHS to the HD?

The Winfast PVR seems to be a piece of crap.

Just ripped an uncompressed AVI and it was all out of sync.

[Sepu]

I have a pinnacle capture card, but with the "Studio 8" software I can't get these nice rips.
Finally I'm going to buy a SA in the next day. That's worth the money.

There are different programs to rip VHS on the PC, for example if I don't remember bad Adobe Premiere, Ulead DVD Workshop, and others..

[jarrur]

Priemiere uses FireWire based capture cards. Try these:

Sage
or
Snapstream

I haven't tried any of these but I found them from the unofficial Hauppauge board I use. I chose Hauppauge because of it's capturesoftwares. Have you tried to search any boards that could support you capturecard?

[jarrur]

I just read the specifications of your Card and I must say that they don't impress much:

-Image Size Up to 640x480 for NTSC/PAL resolution
-Motion video capture near real-time @ 640*480.

That's not near the Full D1 resolutios. Here are the "legal" resolutions for DVD

I copy&pasted these from Videohelp.com

PAL

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbps* (9800 kbps*) MPEG2 video
Up to 1.856 Mbps (1856 kbps) MPEG1 video
720 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Called Full-D1)
704 x 576 pixels MPEG2
352 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 288 pixels MPEG2
352 x 288 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
25 fps*
16:9 Anamorphic (only supported by 720x576)

Audio:
48000 Hz
32 - 1536 kbps
Up to 8 audio tracks containing Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have MPEG-1, DD or PCM Audio.


NTSC (NTSC Film)


Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbps* (9800 kbps*) MPEG2 video
Up to 1.856 Mbps (1856 kbps) MPEG1 video
720 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Full-D1)
704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
29,97 fps*
23,976 fps with 3:2 pulldown = 29,97 playback fps (NTSC Film, this is only supported by MPEG2 video)
16:9 Anamorphic (only supported by 720x480)


Audio:
48000 Hz
32 - 1536 kbps
Up to 8 audio tracks containing DD (Dolby Digital/AC3), DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have DD or PCM Audio.


* Mbps = million bits per second
* kbps = thousand bits per second
* fps = frames per second

[Duane]

I think for all the trouble and b.s. that I will buy a stand-alone. I can't hook my dvd camera up to my computer because of various problems, stand-alone seems to be the way to go. I think they are going down in price quite a bit also...at least here in Canada.

[Doin]

I just read the specifications of your Card and I must say that they don't impress much:

-Image Size Up to 640x480 for NTSC/PAL resolution
-Motion video capture near real-time @ 640*480.

That's not near the Full D1 resolutios. Here are the "legal" resolutions for DVD

I copy&pasted these from Videohelp.com

PAL

Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbps* (9800 kbps*) MPEG2 video
Up to 1.856 Mbps (1856 kbps) MPEG1 video
720 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Called Full-D1)
704 x 576 pixels MPEG2
352 x 576 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 288 pixels MPEG2
352 x 288 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
25 fps*
16:9 Anamorphic (only supported by 720x576)

Audio:
48000 Hz
32 - 1536 kbps
Up to 8 audio tracks containing Dolby Digital, DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have MPEG-1, DD or PCM Audio.


NTSC (NTSC Film)


Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbps* (9800 kbps*) MPEG2 video
Up to 1.856 Mbps (1856 kbps) MPEG1 video
720 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Full-D1)
704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
29,97 fps*
23,976 fps with 3:2 pulldown = 29,97 playback fps (NTSC Film, this is only supported by MPEG2 video)
16:9 Anamorphic (only supported by 720x480)


Audio:
48000 Hz
32 - 1536 kbps
Up to 8 audio tracks containing DD (Dolby Digital/AC3), DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have DD or PCM Audio.


* Mbps = million bits per second
* kbps = thousand bits per second
* fps = frames per second

Are those the specs for the Winfast VC100 XP?

My problem is that I can make small mpeg2 files that work and the quality is quite good depending on the source, but when trying to rip a large movie it breaks it up into several mpeg files - some work and some don't which means I cannot use them to make a DVD. This is all despite the fact that I have not selected the 'split files' option!

The crappy thing is I have noticed that when it splits the files it uses different encoders for each file requiring codecs I don't have.

For example, of the several files it split my movie into, some were encoded in Xing and others in QDesign for which I cannot find the codec for.

I then tried putting a 45 minute show into uncompressed avi and while it was all one 14 gig file, the audio and video were way out of sync.

I think I will go to the computer store and see if there is better software. This was the bottom of the range stuff which the fist computer store recommended. Also the service from Taiwan were of absolutely no help at all. All he did was send me a link to download the same software I already had and said it was an upgrade. Then again, his english might not have enabled him to fully understand the problems I had.

[KillRideMedley]

Click on Capture Profile Settings Then Uncheck Auto Split for Burning so you will then get 1 large file instead of smaller files.I use the PVR for my capturing and i had that problem at 1st when i got the card 3 years ago but ever since then i get 1 large file largest file i had was 10GB for the New Jersey 92 show.
This is how it looks on my version of the PVR

[jarrur]

Are those the specs for the Winfast VC100 XP?

No, just the specs for all resolutions for PAL/NTSC.

Now that KillRideMedley posted that screen, looks like your card can capture full D1. Are you sure you have the latest software. Also make sure you have the resolutions as high as you can 720 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Full-D1. I when you get the settings right you can capture awesome shit.

[Doin]

Click on Capture Profile Settings Then Uncheck Auto Split for Burning so you will then get 1 large file instead of smaller files.I use the PVR for my capturing and i had that problem at 1st when i got the card 3 years ago but ever since then i get 1 large file largest file i had was 10GB for the New Jersey 92 show.
This is how it looks on my version of the PVR

The thing is, I don't check the 'split file' box. I seems to do it automatically.

I will check it out again when I get home. Thanks for that.

I think you may have an older version as I don't remember my screen looking like that.

Which mode do you record in? At present I have been using DVD (Mpeg 2).