Advice on recording video with WinTV2000

[QH]

I have Hauppauge WINTV PVR-150 MCE installed on my computer and am
using WinTV 2000 to transfer video from a VCR into a digital format.
Although this works fine if I am in attendance, it is another story if
I leave the transfer running through the night. This morning I checked
the video file and after 7 hours of recording the size was 12GB,
leaving just a few 100MB free on my hard disk. Had it gone on for much
longer my hard disk would have been completely full, and my PC might
well have fallen over - obviously with such a massive file and no
disk space left, it is not possible to edit it either after recording,;
so this is not a helpful situation to be in .

As many of my VHS tapes are guitar instruction films, they are only 45
minutes to an hour long. I would like WinTV 2000 to transfer video for
a set amount of time (for example an hour, 2 hours, 3 hours) and then
stop. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

Many thanks.

 

[Ken Ward]

I have Hauppauge WINTV PVR-150 MCE installed on my computer and am
using WinTV 2000 to transfer video from a VCR into a digital format.
Although this works fine if I am in attendance, it is another story if
I leave the transfer running through the night. This morning I checked
the video file and after 7 hours of recording the size was 12GB,
leaving just a few 100MB free on my hard disk. Had it gone on for much
longer my hard disk would have been completely full, and my PC might
well have fallen over - obviously with such a massive file and no
disk space left, it is not possible to edit it either after recording,;
so this is not a helpful situation to be in .

As many of my VHS tapes are guitar instruction films, they are only 45
minutes to an hour long. I would like WinTV 2000 to transfer video for
a set amount of time (for example an hour, 2 hours, 3 hours) and then
stop. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

Click the "OTR" button (One Touch Record) and keep clicking. You will see
the duration of recording time incrementing by 15 min's per click. Get to
the desired time and walk away!

KW

 

[Peter]

Click the "OTR" button (One Touch Record) and keep clicking. You will see
the duration of recording time incrementing by 15 min's per click. Get to
the desired time and walk away!

You can also install and use the Scheduler utility that came on
your Hauppauge CD, or available on their website. Make sure
Windows' Task Scheduler service is enabled and active
(right-click My Computer/Manage/Services).. set it to startup
type "automatic", if it's not already.

I'd recommend using the latest version of Scheduler from their
website, as several nasty bugs have been fixed.

If you always start your transfers manually, Ken's suggestion
is easier and should work fine.

 

[QH]

Fantastic. So simple and it just what I need. Many thanks to both
posters. Unfortunately I bought a surplus stock 150 card and it did not
come with a CD and I have kind of being flying blind - (I downloaded
WinTV myself).

Thanks again.

QH

 

[QH]

Fantastic. So simple and it just what I need. Many thanks to both
posters. Unfortunately I bought a surplus stock 150 card and it did not
come with a CD and I have kind of being flying blind - (I downloaded
WinTV myself).

Thanks again.

QH

 

[QH]

Fantastic. So simple and it just what I need. Many thanks to both
posters. Unfortunately I bought a surplus stock 150 card and it did not
come with a CD and I have kind of being flying blind - (I downloaded
WinTV myself).

Thanks again.

QH

 

[bxf]

I believe QH is extremely pleased

 

[kashe]

Fantastic. So simple and it just what I need. Many thanks to both
posters. Unfortunately I bought a surplus stock 150 card and it did not
come with a CD and I have kind of being flying blind - (I downloaded
WinTV myself).

Thanks again.

QH

Go to the card manufacturer's site (Hauppauge?) and look under
"support" to see if they post the manual in a PDF format. I've done
this for various kinds of older equipment and have only failed to find
the manual a couple of tmes.

I now also do this for all new equipment I buy, as soon as
possible afer purchase. The files go into a specific set of
subdirectories under Manuals\<vendorname>\<productname>. Then they're
available for browsing online or reprinting if the original hardcopy
goes south. Where a produce has firmware update capability, the
firmware files go in a Firmware.<version> subdirectory under the
product. That way, If I need to, I can fall back to an earlier version
if the new one turns out to have problems.

For what it's worth, I recently downloaded a 200-page manual
for a download-only software product. I dropped the user-manual file
onto a CF card and took it to Kinko's for printing. I'm not sure where
the volume discount kicked in, but it was long enough that the price
dropped from 8.5 cents a page to 7 cents a page.

Also interesting -- I asked about the price difference
betrween single- and double-sided printing. They were both the same. I
had thought that single-sided would be more expensive due to paper
cost, but I guess they're more concerned with toner cost and wear on
the machines.

 

[Chris Salter]

Go to the card manufacturer's site (Hauppauge?) and look under
"support" to see if they post the manual in a PDF format. I've done
this for various kinds of older equipment and have only failed to find
the manual a couple of tmes.

I now also do this for all new equipment I buy, as soon as
possible afer purchase.

Even better, do it *before* purchase. The manual often provides for a
better understanding of the capabilities of a particular product than
all the 'sales bumph'.

Chris