Virtualdub 1.4d and G400

[drizzt874]

Has anyone been able to capture 24-bit RGB format, divx low motion compression, with "internal" capture mode of Virtualdub 1.4d with Marvel G400TV? I am using win98SE, 1.52 video tools, 1.51 powerdesk, and directx 8.0. Whenever I try this capture, my capture never starts and eventually virtualdub stops responding and I have to restart. This is not a question of frame drops. I am aware of the processing requirements of real-time divx compression. Thanks in advance.

[Dr Mordrid]

Why use RGB? It's derived from the cards native YUY2 signal, which you can turn on with the Flying Dutchman's YUY2 patch to the 1.52 drivers. Use AVI_IO with the HuffYUV compressor and you can capture lossless files at ~10 mb/s.

Dr. Mordrid

[drizzt874]

The good doctor! I've read your other posts and have benefited greatly from your knowledge. Do you edit video for a living? Thanks for the response. Ok, enough kissing a**.

I have the flying dutchman hack and the Huffy compression codec, but I have not been able to get Virtualdub to work with that scenario either in "internal" capture mode. The other strange thing is that I have used the testing option in Virtualdub of "internal" capture mode with HUY2 and Huffy and get a frame drop every few seconds at full res. Additional system info: PIII 850, UDMA capture drive (approx 17 MB/sec),ABIT BE6 motherboard, SoundblasterLive Value. I have optimized my system for capture based on the Matrox FAQ. What am I doing wrong? It seems that my system is fast enough to handle the capture without frame drops. I'd like to get virtualdub to work since its free, but I will break down and buy AVI_IO if need be. Any suggestions?