Noobie - Hauppuage Usb Stick not recognised (1 Viewer)

[Paranoid Delusion]

The reason for the difference is vmr9 (directx9) against overlay used by most vendors for there software, a cheap FX5200 Graphics card (or higher) usually overcomes the problem.

It also varies with which codec is used, a lot of people think the nvidia purevideo is the best, but like a lot of things it's down to personal components within a htpc that can cause great differences.

 

[newday]

Jerky picture could also be a frame-rate mismatch (NTSC 29fps versus PAL 25fps)

Presuming you can configure your capture card via MP, the "TV standard" in your TV channel settings will set frame-rate to 25.

 

[phanco]

Thanks guys,

When I built the PC for my daughter, I used the old bits from my PC - ASUS a7n8x delux aith Athlon 2800. However I kept my old video card for the time being and bought a cheap 64MB Radeon 7000 64Mb card for this PC.

Anyway, tried it tongiht and it looked fine, actually. may have found a stable combination. Thanks for the assistance.

My MCE remote has just arrived from ebay so that will be the next challenge...