video capture proggies

[shiggy]

i have an ati all in wonder and capturing cable shows take up sooooooo much space, in divx format 1 hours takes up 4 gigs or better. anyone know of software that i can do this and the output file is small (compared to a divx file)?

 

[jkukowsk]

Unless you want Quicktime, Windows Media, or RealPlayer I think you are going to be stuck with the Divx format. Although you might want to look into adjusting the settings of your Divx files.

 

[NicColt]

it depends on how much bitrates you use...

divx requires way to much processing power and it's not my prefered codec.

here's what I do. when I record shows to watch I record them in MPEG1 at 1.14/Mbit bitrate which is 638,000KB or about 623megs for 1 hour of captures. I then burn them to cdrw bring them to work to watch. It takes abour 7:45 per cd to burn.

the reason I use mepg1 is because it uses less cpu and processing power and has excellent quality for computers that don't have hardware accelerated video.

If I want to record video that I want to keep, I record with MPEG2 at about 3/Mbit, I then use Video Factory or Vegas Video to render them to Windows Media Video which is the best for file size/compression and quality.

 

[rbV5]

<< in divx format 1 hours takes up 4 gigs or better >>


Must be your settings, I cap divx with my AIW, using the 3.11a low-motion codec 6000Kb bitrate 75 crispness 1 second keyframes 320X240. That gives me about 20MB/min (depending on action) or 1.2 GB/hour. Run it through VirtualDub and recompress the audio to mp3 128Kb bitrate, and you'll get it down to 600MB/hour with very good quality.