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Thread ID: 39183 2003-10-29 11:33:00 48hrs of video footage to my PC NONSTOP sc0ut (2899) Press F1
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187688 2003-10-29 11:33:00 ok so i want to save 48hours of TV to my PC (Stargate) NONSTOP
How do i go about this?
i have a 40GB drive empty ready to record to
i have 2 problems
1. to get/borrow a video card with AV In
2. what software to use

don't worry about the video card i have a mate that i can borrow from
but i need to know how to copy from the TV to the PC

what software compresses it as it writes?
i don't mind if it gets 250MB to the hour but i cant have it write 1GB to the hour
just remember it will have to write for 48 hours nonstop

suggestions on software please
sc0ut (2899)
187689 2003-10-29 19:38:00 would it not be easier to ask somebody if they have all the stargate episodes on cd???????? mongrel (1788)
187690 2003-10-29 20:21:00 Rather than a video card with TV in wouldn't you be better with a TV tuner card? Otago_Jas (4444)
187691 2003-10-29 22:55:00 I'm not quite sure why you want to record non stop - why not just record each program as an individual file? You could also then write the individual programs to CD.

Most Cards with video capture also come with a capture program, which will work well.

My flatmate was recording videos to HD, and found that the video recording software crashed if he tried to record long videos. This was fixed by adding more RAM.

Try some a few different formats for recording the videos at the start, looking at the quality / size.

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nicnz (2273)
187692 2003-10-29 23:12:00 Just be careful of the Flie-size limit with FAT32 Drives if thats' your file-system....!

I think the limit is around 6 gigs per file?
Chilling_Silently (228)
187693 2003-10-30 03:18:00 Six?! I thought it was like two or four! agent (30)
187694 2003-10-30 04:28:00 Get your L/P video out and start recording like i will be on sat kiwibeat (304)
187695 2003-10-30 04:46:00 Right......

Lets clear something up here: why do you need to capture 48 hrs non stop??????

please answer
ilikelinux (1418)
187696 2003-10-30 05:10:00 Does that really matter? segfault (655)
187697 2003-10-30 05:50:00 Why what the heck is happening on saturday? Are they showing 48hours of stargate non-stop!?? What channel??! PoWa (203)
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