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I have been trying to capture analog video using two capture devices with no luck. I see on the DVDXMaker box that they must be Direct Show compliant. What is Direct Show and how can I find out what is compliant? The devices I have work fine with other programs but do not work at all with DVDXMaker (freezes the program). What analog capture devices will work wit this program. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for the information, but it does not help me much. I have microsoft Direct X 9.0 installed on my computer as well as media player 9. I would think that DirectShow would be a component of these programs. Roxio DVD Builder will recognize both of my capture devices (one through my nVidia 128 meg video card and the other through a USB port). I can create MPG2 files using this program and can then use in DVDX maker just fine. They also play great on Windows media player. I would like to use the one program to import the video and burn the DVD's and DVDXMaker simply does not work. (It recognizes the capture devices ok-but then gives an error message and then freezes). So how do I capture video from VHS tapes directly into DVDXMaker? My system is a 2 GHz Pentium IV with 720 meg ram and 120 gig hard drive-defragmented. nVideo video card (with capture capability).
stric9
Senior Member
18 Nov 2003 10:51 AM
The problem is, I am not able to capture with XMaker either.. My computer hangs up during the encoding phase of video capture. Still don't know why... So, I just capture with a different program.
spacedout
Inactive
18 Nov 2003 12:16 PM
dkland
sorry, I can't provide an answer as to why XMaker doesn't work, but I can answer your question about DirectShow.
Simply, DirectShow was Microsoft's second generation video API (application programming interface, a program that allows software and hardware to talk). ActiveMovie being the first. Since you have DirectX 9 installed you are DirectShow compliant as the components of DirectShow and DirectX merged with v.8.
I don't own XMaker, but if it says DirectShow on the box, boy is it old as v.8 is from 2001.
Sorry I can't be more help. The advice stric9 offered about using another program to capture and burn is good advice. From what I know, XMaker doesn't allow you to edit your movies anyway. So why not use 1 program that does it all.
Regards,
Spaced :>)
madyaks
Senior Member
19 Nov 2003 12:04 AM
I use a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250 to capture from a VCR, it works very well.
I am sorry 321's products are not doing the job for you, I hope you don't give up on them, it is my experience that 321 will try to do everything they can to get things worked out for you.
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