winfast tv capture

Hi I have a winfast tv2000 RM card, when i go to record something off
tv and save to the hdd the video starts getting behind the audio, i
recorded a 2.5 hour programme by the end the audio was 45 seconds ahead
of the video.

I am using the capture profile divx, using standard encoding, I have
tried mpeg and that is even worse (captures 1 frame every 2-3seconds).

The box is running winxp pro, athlon 64 3000+, 1 gig ram, approx 100gig
free hdd, 128mg 6600gt graphics adapter, onboard realtek ac97 sound.

any suggestions?? I am running the latest forceware drivers and I am
sure the sound drivers are up to date.

Flamer.

Flamer wrote:
> Hi I have a winfast tv2000 RM card, when i go to record something off
> tv and save to the hdd the video starts getting behind the audio, i
> recorded a 2.5 hour programme by the end the audio was 45 seconds ahead
> of the video.
>
> I am using the capture profile divx, using standard encoding, I have
> tried mpeg and that is even worse (captures 1 frame every 2-3seconds).
>
> The box is running winxp pro, athlon 64 3000+, 1 gig ram, approx 100gig
> free hdd, 128mg 6600gt graphics adapter, onboard realtek ac97 sound.
>
> any suggestions?? I am running the latest forceware drivers and I am
> sure the sound drivers are up to date.
>
> Flamer.
>

I had this same problem with the TV2000 XP. I never figured out a good
fix for it, but changing over to the BTWincap drivers helped a little.
Be sure to know exactly which chips are on your card before you install
the driver however, since the autodetect feature doesn't work with the
TV2000's. Try capturing in other applications too, like VirtualVCR
(http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net).

deimos wrote:

> Flamer wrote:
> > Hi I have a winfast tv2000 RM card, when i go to record something off
> > tv and save to the hdd the video starts getting behind the audio, i
> > recorded a 2.5 hour programme by the end the audio was 45 seconds ahead
> > of the video.
> >
> > I am using the capture profile divx, using standard encoding, I have
> > tried mpeg and that is even worse (captures 1 frame every 2-3seconds).
> >
> > The box is running winxp pro, athlon 64 3000+, 1 gig ram, approx 100gig
> > free hdd, 128mg 6600gt graphics adapter, onboard realtek ac97 sound.
> >
> > any suggestions?? I am running the latest forceware drivers and I am
> > sure the sound drivers are up to date.
> >
> > Flamer.
> >
>
> I had this same problem with the TV2000 XP. I never figured out a good
> fix for it, but changing over to the BTWincap drivers helped a little.
> Be sure to know exactly which chips are on your card before you install
> the driver however, since the autodetect feature doesn't work with the
> TV2000's. Try capturing in other applications too, like VirtualVCR
> (http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net).

Ok thanks i will try other software, did virtualvcr fix the problem for
you? also i can only capture avi in 350x300 resolution which is
annoying so a different programme may be the best solution.

Flamer.

Flamer wrote:
> deimos wrote:
>
>> Flamer wrote:
>>> Hi I have a winfast tv2000 RM card, when i go to record something off
>>> tv and save to the hdd the video starts getting behind the audio, i
>>> recorded a 2.5 hour programme by the end the audio was 45 seconds ahead
>>> of the video.
>>>
>>> I am using the capture profile divx, using standard encoding, I have
>>> tried mpeg and that is even worse (captures 1 frame every 2-3seconds).
>>>
>>> The box is running winxp pro, athlon 64 3000+, 1 gig ram, approx 100gig
>>> free hdd, 128mg 6600gt graphics adapter, onboard realtek ac97 sound.
>>>
>>> any suggestions?? I am running the latest forceware drivers and I am
>>> sure the sound drivers are up to date.
>>>
>>> Flamer.
>>>
>> I had this same problem with the TV2000 XP. I never figured out a good
>> fix for it, but changing over to the BTWincap drivers helped a little.
>> Be sure to know exactly which chips are on your card before you install
>> the driver however, since the autodetect feature doesn't work with the
>> TV2000's. Try capturing in other applications too, like VirtualVCR
>> (http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net).
>
> Ok thanks i will try other software, did virtualvcr fix the problem for
> you? also i can only capture avi in 350x300 resolution which is
> annoying so a different programme may be the best solution.
>
> Flamer.
>

The last time I played around with the card by installing it in another
PC, I had problems using the BTWincap drivers (didn't configure the
chipset right), and I couldn't do regular WDM captures from the TV tuner
(composite only). And the Leadtek drivers would crash their tuner
software on capture.

With another card, the Hauppauge WinTV Go (BT878A based), you can easily
capture from any WDM app at 640x480, you just have to set the "tee"
properties in VirtualVCR. I don't know why they call it that, but they
do. It also calls the capture device the "video pin" for some reason.
Since the TV2000 is based on a BT878 chip like the Hauppauge, I'm not
sure why it doesn't work.