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Ken
Meanwhile I plan to pursue the netbook set-up and record. As you say, after coming this far I’d like to have the capability on at least one of my machines.
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TheKingfish
Question is whether it does what you need, and all I can say is that people who have posted on various boards say that it does. Note that it says it works with Vista on the box, even though it’s an older card.
Now, I have a certain member of my family who would buy maybe four different cards frm one of the big box stores and then return the three she doesn’t like, but I don’t have the nerve to do that. Anyway, if you buy from a real store, it’s good to find out their return policy first.
Ken
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TheKingfish
My ultimate goal/use would be to play the said video file on my TV. If I burn the file to disk, will it readily play in a DVD player? Or, how about throwing the file to a flash drive? Will the file play in conjunction with a USB port vehicle – like an equipped Roku or DVD player? I am just trying to anticipate the next-step process/hardware.
Thanks,
TheKingfish
Unfortunately, there is not ONE answer as to what types of files players will play - it varies widely among the types and age of the hardware in question. Our oldest DVD player will handle nothing but NTSC DVD videos, and I do mean absolutely nothing. It won’t touch even DVD compliant videos without that DVD structure. Many newer players will handle a much wider variety of formats, but there is no “master list” of hardware capability that I know of, so it comes down to saving the best archive file possible and outputting trials for testing on machines in question.
For the least capable machines, one would need DVD authoring software such as Nero, which does a fine job of creating DVD videos playable on anything, although one might have to decide whether to format as NTSC or PAL.
CamStudio produces AVIs and nothing else. You need to get the best AVI file possible to save as your archive copy, frm which you can make hopefully playable videos, but keep in mind, that since player requirements vary from machine to machine, you may need to go back and produce additional video to suit player needs (if you’re not producing DVD videos).
Obviously, the first choice you need to make is what type of codec to use in the AVI container. So far, it looks like what we’ve come down to is x264 and Xvid MPEG-4 as viable choices. You can use Any Video Converter to place your capture file in an MP4 container and convert the frame rate to 30. That’s about as “playable” as you can make such a file, short of authoring as a DVD video. Some players can handle it, while others won’t. In terms of taking an unconverted AVI and trying to play it, the results seem to be mixed. The packed bitstream present in most MPEG-4 seems to be enough to cause a video to be rejected by many machines, while others won’t accept anything without that frame arrangement. I think it’s safe to say that newer machines are more versatile in what they can deal with.
I actually find it somewhat enjoyable to create actual DVD videos (using Nero) on occasion, so I’m never too worried about playability, as long as I’ve saved a good source file.
Ken
Come March first I embark on my previously-noted era of AT&T U-Verse, where the come-along DVR will facilitate TV show recording. I expect this will satisfy my time shifting needs. If not and I develop a real future need to record streamed items, I could (maybe) go down the road with my netbook which has the Stereo Mix sound card function. We shall see.
So in all I’ve got 23 bucks into this little gambit, but I learned a lot. I thank those ever faithful folks who took the time to help me along the way. That was very generous of you; it was a long and winding road. Bottom line here – the mostly-developed software works for some, but not all.
Thanks,
TheKingfish
In doing some more reading, I’ve run across quite a few people who have had success with your SigmaTel audio by rolling back the driver to the XP version. Apparently, the manufacturers initially did a quick bail from “what u hear” by disabling at the software level, leaving that option viable for those willing to do some digging.
Ken
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TheKingfish
A USB card (for example Behringer UCA202) would hopefully enable stereo mix or what u hear, but in the case where a patch cord is used, the mic input should not be used. The same thing is true for your onboard sound.
Again, from what I’ve read, the SigmaTel audio initially had its “what u hear” disabled by means of a software “fix” provided by MS in its Vista drivers, so rolling back to XP drivers or trying the various dedicated SigmaTel drivers might provide a pleasant surprise.
Ken
The SigmaTel driver rollback sounds intriguing. My main concern there would be recapturing the present driver if the XP version doesn't work. I presume the process would be to disable the current driver (6.10.5405.0) and enable the new.
However, just what driver number to download and install seems nebulous. The DriverMax site shows my current driver to be a Win7 64-bit item, while I have a Vista 32-bit machine. Very strange. I don’t know – is there any way to know what XP driver would actually work?
Thanks,
TheKingfish
Ken
I am also entering a critical timeframe when my computer cannot be dysfunctional, therefore endeavoring to avoid change/risk. So, both you and the forum have my enduring gratitude for the assistance you have generously provided. I wish you well.
Thanks,
TheKingfish