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Old 11th June 2008, 04:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: The analog capture saga

I have the same card, but dont use it for my sat capture >> reason is simple > its analogue tuners do not have hardware mpeg2 encoding, which is vital to maintain good pciture quality in the capture.

The capture aspect issue is only resolved by using the 3rd zoom setting, capture cards work in 4:3, so theres no way around that 4 button presses isnt too much of a chore though. If archiving, you can simply re-encide into a 16:9 ration and it comes out all pretty

longstoryshort: if you want to do it properly : you need an hardware mpeg2/mce happy analogue capture card, like the PVR/MCE series that hauppauge has. I have the PVR150 myself, cost $150. The hauppauge hybrid and dual analogue cards are more expensive.

good luck
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