AVI files, internet uploading, etc.).DV (I think they call it 'full quality') is about 13Gb/Hr. Pinnacle STUDIO software allows you to capture in different formats, wich one are you capturing with?, also what is your goal with your captured files? (burn DVDs, keeping them in HDD as.

Maybe the latter is a processor issue? Don't know. I was recommended switching to another capture software, but that's the best I can conjure up with VirtualDub: (the movie was on at completely random, LOL!)Īs you can see, there's a lot of speedup and the quick movement isn't captured well either. I also noticed that all the frames in the created avi are key frames. I'm not the most skilled encoder, but that's bad even for me. I use 1800 kbps XviD and 128 kbps LAME mp3, and I can't make 1 hour 20 minute video weigh less than 3,6GB. I've had some success in fixing this via matching video and audio durations with VirtualDub, but given that the average VHS tape gives a whopping 40 GB avi file, the fixing process it rather cumbersome - plus, it doesn't always work.ģ) The file size remains large despite re-encoding. It's okay at first, but the longer the recording is, the more and more it goes out of sync as it processes. 16 GB per hour when I pick the max quality. However, I'm perfectly willing to make it into an Ubuntu (or some other linux) rig, if that would somehow improve its capture performance.ġ) The captured file size is HUGE. Win7 instead of XP aside, it complies not only with the minimum, but recommended requirements of Pinnacle 10.

It's a 2.66 GHz Pentium 4 with 1GB DDR1 RAM and 128MB nVidia GeForce 6600 GT card. I've set an old rig up for capturing video. I have Pinnacle software version 10 and some quick start version of Pinnacle 9, which seems a bit more lightweight, so, it's my preferred version. It's Pinnacle DV500 PLUS, I think (got it without a box and its name isn't written on the product! from year 2005 anyway). I'm trying to digitize a bunch of old VHS tapes with a Pinnacle card.

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