Alright, we have to start somewhere. So let's start with this:
- I know for a fact that an ATI 600 USB card works well under Windows 7 x64, and that it can capture PAL and NTSC in excellent quality.
- For PAL, you capture AVI in VirtualDub.
- For NTSC, you capture AVI in VirtualDub or MPEG in ATI Catalyst Media Center (ATI CMC).
- Quality of video is excellent, similar to professional encoding devices.
Those are facts, truths, constants. Everything else is a variable that may need to be tweaked to get your card and computer performing as it should, so that it too can achieve those known results (functionality, quality, etc).
What has to be done here is you'll need to give full details of your source tapes, the VCR in use, any other devices in the analog chain, and then we'd have to go over your settings in the OS and software. I'd ask you questions, so that you'd know what details are important. It takes a bit of time, but it's going to be required with pretty much any good device. Better devices take more work, as they have more settings, and therefore give better quality. Junky devices "just work" but are limited in options and lacking in quality.
Given the amount of time it's going to take to analyze your situation, and give the help you need, please
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Getting you capturing, and happy with the output, is very possible.