Home Video to PC Then on DVDr......HOW ?

eskimojo · Jan 17, 2004

please help if you can !
can anyone tell me how to put my home video "TAPE" in my PC then burning it to disc.

i think burning won't be a problem,
but i'm having a problem putting the video in my PC.
i have the right connections from my video recorder to the PC (i think) and i have a picture.
but it's coming out in black & white and a bit scrachy.
i've tried connecting to video to the PC with a super-video cable, a scart cable and aslo an ariel cable, but the picture is always the same (black & white)

can anyone help me out or tell me what i might be doing wrong

is there some settings i have to change to my PC ?

my video card is :
Pinnacle PCTV Pro

and the softwear (what came with it) is called :
PCTV Vision 2.50

i've done an assistant test and it's telling me that my video card is working OK.

i've set it to PAL for europe.
an anyone recommend a good program for me to use ?

also the TV (SKY) signel is very poor quality.
and i'm not using a over long cable (maybe 4 feet long)

also i been looking around www.dvdrhelp.com
but can't seem to find anything what can help me !
could it be the connection (cable) ?
what should i be using for the best quality ?

also could the signel from the video to the pc not be strange enough
do i need some sort of booster to bring the video signel in better ?

PLEASE.. anyone help i've been trying to sort this problem out for a while now.
my email addy is :
wiggle2ted@hotmail.com

MANY THANKS
JOE

Blane · Jan 17, 2004

Well, while searching around to figure out your problem I've seen in most other forums that they all say to just dump the card and get a TV card from Hauppage. But, you can try a few things first. Do you have directx 9 installed? And you can get the updated drivers for the card here. If these 2 don't work maybe you can try different software.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support/display.asp?ProductID=306&SubDocTypesID=67

Blane · Jan 17, 2004

Some software that might work.
http://www.kastortv.com/index.php?langue=uk

VIPER_1069 · Jan 17, 2004

thanks blaine will try this .... i have a very old but reliable AVER MEDIA card in this system for watching tv inbetween posts here lol

eskimojo · Jan 17, 2004

THANKS Blane.
i've been to the links you left for me and i've downloaded new softwear for my pinnicle card (now i have 5.50 newest version)
an also i've downloaded directx 9, everything installed and tested.
but sorry to say i still have the same problem (black & white and a bit scrachy).
i'm starting to think that it could be the cable connection or the cable itself.
any more suggestions.
and MANY THANKS for you help so far
joe

VIPER_1069 · Jan 17, 2004

Not sure where you are in the world eskimojo but try settin the options to PAL-I for both S-video and external inputs

eskimojo · Jan 18, 2004

thanks for the reply mate
i live in spain.
there are many different PAL settings.
i have tried the all, but allway the same picture quallity

could it be the cable connection or the cable ?

MANY THANKS
Joe

Blane · Jan 18, 2004

Hey eskimojo, I found this on the Vidomi Forum. See if this works.
http://www.vidomi.com/viewtopic.php?topic=8048&forum=10

eskimojo · Jan 21, 2004

THANKS for the site.
but i've tried the super video connection and the normal ariel connection but both have as por picture as the other.
i'm stumped

don't know what else to try

mmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i really don't know what i'm doing wrong !

Blane · Jan 22, 2004

As I saw in those other forums that commented on the card that you have "it maybe be time to dump it". I always hate for that to happen but, some pieces of hardware just suck and there's nothing else to do.