WMM 2.1 Analog Capture Nightmare

[Guest]

nVidia FX5900/256MB (Chaintech) w/ VIVO, in A7N8XD-r2 mobo, 1 GB RAM, 80GB
HDD, from Sony video 8mm Handicam using Tandy adapter to svideo. Center 1/3
of frame is white out (horizontal) in spurts of from 9 seconds to 1+ minutes
across a 45 minute capture. WMM monitor capture monitor window never shows
white out during the capture. It appears in playback. Have viewed saved
clip in WinDVD Creator 1.0 and in Windows Media Player 9 and white out is
appears in playback there. Have a 3GB pagefile split across to logical
partitions of HDD. Have a jpeg snapshot of a frame as example, but can't
attach. . . .

Have tried different nVidia display drivers - no difference. Have tried
different nVidia WDM drivers - no difference.

I doubt this is just a WMM issue, but do not know where to turn next. Hate
to think I ramped up this hardware (256MB graphics adapter with VIVO) and
went all nVidia and nForce for compatibility to no avail.

Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[Guest]

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[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

My nVideo VIVO card came with PowerDirector/PowerProducer and that works
just great for capturing analog video.

Did you try it? You also have WinDVD Creator... did you try that?

 

[Guest]

Thx for replying. WinDVD Creator can only support audio in through the VIVO
dongle and doesn't pick up the sound. WMM offers line in for audio, so I run
the audio in that way which pushes me back to WMM. Are you aware of any
third party products that, like WMM, would accept audio through line in and
video through the VIVO?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

PowerDirector happily accepts audio through the line in... So does WinDVD
Creator... at least on my system it does.... I have WinDVD v2, I think you
only had v1. PowerDirector I've tried 2.5, 3 and 4.... I've got the best
results on v3 because I mostly use a MCE for my work and v4 doesn't do well
on it... I know v5 is now out, but financial constraints have prohibited my
purchase so far!

Other editors that work just fine... Roxio's Videowave v7.5 and 8... haven't
tried Nero on the MCE yet, it's on my test PC which doesn't have a capture
hardware installed... yet.

Soundcard is an Audigy 2 ZS.