MPEG2 capturing w/ 64MB Radeon

[JoeDaddy]

Has anyone captured any video using the VIVO features of the 64MB Radeon? What would the average size be for say a 24min or 50min clip? I've heard that to capture at 15mbs I would need a faster hard drive, and if thats the case, I'll just toss another 45gb in here and go raid. Please let me know with your experiences.

Thanks

 

[Ferrari]

I don't think you'll need to go RAID, a hard drive that can sustain 20MB/s will do just fine. Before I got my SCSI setup I captured video on a 5400RPM WD hard drive without any problems.

Not sure what OS you're running though, my Win2K SP1 and latest ATI drivers ALWAYS crashes when I try to capture any video, but WinME works fine.

Good luck

 

[rbV5]

I've used the AIW Radeon for video capture, should be similar. Your hardrive is fast enough, but you might want the extra 45gb(I do!) for a capture drive.<What would the average size be for say a 24min or 50min clip?> Do the math, depending on the quality you want, mpeg-2 figure anywhere from 2mb/s to 8-10mb/s x 60 seconds x 24-50 min. Adds up fast, even faster if you capture uncompressed frames.

I use win2ksp1 and I can capture 720x480 mpeg-2 with no dropped frames, so Ferrari, if you need some help, I can try to set you up. If you do use win2k you can set an NTFS partition to capture to and avoid the file size limits, a big plus for video capture.

 

[JoeDaddy]

<< Not sure what OS you're running though >>



This would be going into my dual CPU machine so for now I'm running Win2k.



<< mpeg-2 figure anywhere from 2mb/s to 8-10mb/s x 60 seconds x 24-50 min >>



Are you sure thats right? I use flaskmpeg and bbmpeg and I resample vob files into mpeg2 files, and I can turn a 2 hour dvd into a 3GB 720x480 mpeg2 file.

I've got a friend that uses a dazzle video creator 2 (i think thats what it is) and he is able to fit a full simpson's episode onto 1 cd. Which is my goal as well, (not simpsons but other shows, and I mean old shows)

 

[Ferrari]

rbV5, I have 2 18GB SCSI hard drives, primary is WinME FAT32 and the Win2K is NTFS. I don't really want to partition the drives for various reasons, but I'm only planning to capture 5 or 10 minute movies, nothing more.

I have tried both the latest ATI official drivers (3102) and the latest BETA (3116), MM Center 7.1, DirectX 8.0a. Every time I press the capture button the whole computer freezes, which is unusual in Win2K. The card is not overclocked (although the CPU is, but very stable), and I have reinstalled the OS a few times so I doubt this is caused by some corrupted driver, although it's possible.

JoeDaddy, sorry for posting this here but this may benefit you as well.

 

[JoeDaddy]

<< JoeDaddy, sorry for posting this here but this may benefit you as well. >>



Hey, no problem we all are happy.

 

[rbV5]

JoeDaddy, you used 15mb/s, I was just giving you quick examples, you are working with *.vob files(mpeg-2) so you know how big they are, and I have a pretty good divx movie that fits on 1 CD, so we all know how small they CAN get. Here is a good site VCD Help that may help.


Ferrari, did you install DVD 4.1?

 

[Ferrari]

rbV5, I did not install DVD 4.1, I use WinDVD for that. Would installing DVD 4.1 help anything? When I installed MM Center 7.1 I ONLY installed the Video In option, nothing else because I don't use it.

Which drivers and MM Center do you use?

 

[rbV5]

I use the 3124 drivers with MMC 7.1 and DVD 4.1. I also use the &quot;ati2mtag.sys&quot; file from the 3073 driver set, but I've heard that with the new MMC and DVD 4.1 that is not necissary. I have heard that installing the new ATI DVD player fixes video capture problems for some.

 

[Ferrari]

Thanks, I'll try installing DVD 4.1 and see if that fixes something.