divx A*st*r box

[roypa]

how would you record to divx
with either the A*st*r box or homax5400z
or any other box.

[Decapper]

You need video in on a pci card, maybe your graphics card or tv turner card. Then use virtualdub... For step by step instruction one recording a video source comming into your computer goto this site http://www.vcdhelper.com/

[Mitsu_Hatchi]

I use a Pinnacle Studio VCD card and Capture using DiVx or Uncompressed AVI.

Like the previous post said you need a PCI capture card, my card has been replaced with a Studio PCTV Rave. Then the rest is software based with programs such as Virtua Dub or AVI_IO and a codec (e.g Divx4.11)

Try and get a card that can capture above or at least at 352x288 (PAL VCD Specs) and a card that has S-Video, as its much better quality than Composite.

PM me if u need help with settings or anything.

[Decapper]

Also if you have the money buy one that can capture 50 frames then you can capture at the fps and the deinterlace... Which gives you a better picture for the same size!

Also at tomshardware there has been a Mpeg4 card released which will take all that cpu usage. Making life faster for slow computers!

[roypa]

thanks for all that.

[thebloodhound]

Why spend the extra pennies on a capture card ??
Sell your hummy and save your cash
Buy a Nokia DBOX 9200,9500,9600 modded with DVB2000, then download VGrabber
You can rip the Mpeg 2 singal straight down through DBOX 2 PC via the scsi connection
Then just edit and fix the video files and encode to divx
simple !!!

As suggested by Mitsui_Hatchi , the Pinnacle card is a top value for money card that produces good results. It will save directly to .avi or mpeg and at around $200 is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a Nokia.