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by sszretter

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I recently bought a USB video capture/TV/Radio device from Pinnacle, I want to be able to capture video/audio from the device and ultimately end up writing it to a VCD.

What I need, is a program that will capture the video, and give me an mpeg file that I can burn (with adaptec ez cd for example). The software must perform well (I want good quality/frame rate), and ideally, I need a way to automate the process, where I might have the software automatically start recording at a certain time.

The problem I have had up to now, is some software will only capture in AVI format (too big), others are too slow (loose frames), other are not compatible with my device, and finally, other have no way to automate capture (such as pinnacles bundled software).

Any help would be appriciated!

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by lord ago 1

The only thing I can suggest is to find a program that will convert AVI to MPEG provided you have the space for both AVI and MPEG. There are programs available to convert in the opposite direction so there's bound to be one that can do this. If the one that captures AVI has the automation, there ya go!!
Have Fun!!

by sszretter

Thanks for responding, but as I mentioned, AVI is too big to capture directly, then convert.

Another note about this problem, I found out it may be an issue with Windows 2000, as other people supposedly have gotten 3rd party software to work withthe Studio TV-USB, but under Windows 98. I dont want to use Windows 98 however...

by robbinsr

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by james_randy

If you are still tackling this problem, perhaps you should consider calling your local super-hero.

by robbinsr

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by tjc

go to www.winvcr.com and download there program and try it out - it does tv tuner selection, auto record at preset times. Saves as a MPG file that you can then burn to a VCD.

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