Tanukitsune Posted July 18, 2006 I found some old promo tapes with old Sega, Nintendo and Sony ads (in Spanish though) and I want to put them on YouTube so the world can see them, but... I have a very old PC TV card, and whenever I record more than 15 mintues, the audio and video aren't syncronized at all... Do I need better software or better hardware? Or both? Here's hoping that that time hasn't damaged the tapes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryam BaCo Posted July 19, 2006 why not recording pieces of 15 minutes and put them together by using virtualdub or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 19, 2006 Hmm, wouldn't people notice the pauses / skips between scenes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryam BaCo Posted July 19, 2006 i never put movies together (only split them) but i guess it's possible to put them together that no one notices. i'd give it a try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted July 19, 2006 If you record them in overlapping segments you could make the transition without anyone noticing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted July 19, 2006 But to answer your question, yeah.. it's your computer. Wouldn't know which part of it, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 22, 2006 DScaler seems to able to record for a long time without a delay, but now I have to find a codec that compresses it better, 40 minutes ended up being 2Gigs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 23, 2006 I tried Xvid, DivX and Huffyuv, they all crashed while recording, but the Cinepack Codec seems to have done the trick! Let's hope the old tape still work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted July 23, 2006 Are you trying to encode the movie on the fly? That only works if you have a beast of a machine I think. You're better of re-encoding it afterwards... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted July 23, 2006 Yeah, you need to do a capture run (in this case, several) and rework the files afterwards and then compress them. This will mean you have to have quite a bit of free disk space, as raw footage takes a lot of place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 23, 2006 Ah, that explains a lot, but DScaler only records TV, I don't think it can re-encode, so I'll need some new software for that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 27, 2006 Look for Virtualdub. Hmm, any tips for using this? I just recorded an old Sega an and it takes 26 Gigs and after trying to use VirtualDub it ended up being 24 Gigs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted July 27, 2006 VirtualDub is just software, you need to install encoder codecs for the specific codec you want to use. It is a bit hard to use, granted. I haven't enough experience to really advice you. Look for a manual or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 27, 2006 Oh well, I'll figure something out... Oddly enough, after adding the Divx and Xvid codecs and trying to use them, they crashed and somehow dissapeared? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 28, 2006 Ok... After all my work to reduce the file to decent size, YouTube say it's TOO long! Does Google Video allow longer files? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted July 28, 2006 make it a 2 part show? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted July 28, 2006 Google Video uploads can be several hours long, so yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 28, 2006 More like a 5 part show... I've turned the orignal AVI file into 5 smaller ones which I will turn into Divx and then YouTube them, since I don't know how to split Divx files... The thing is, I have about 20 VHS with promo stuff from games, and the simple thought of doing this 20 times is... I could either get Director Account in YouTube (they want all my info ) or simply put them on Google Video... EDIT: Google Video doesn't accept Divx files.... I guess putting them in parts is my only option! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 28, 2006 OK... For some strange reason it didn't accept the file before... But... I did it! Too bad it's in Spanish! But still! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted July 28, 2006 ok... that was odd... Especially since I hardly udnerstood any of it Did you inform uk resistance yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted July 28, 2006 ok... that was odd... Especially since I hardly udnerstood any of it Did you inform uk resistance yet? Do you think they will care? It is in Spanish... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ysbreker Posted July 28, 2006 It's from sega, ofcourse they care Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
