Bruce - Any progress?
The way I figure it is that
Virtualdub was written so long ago, especially in computer terms, that it acts differently on every system and you must figure out the idiosyncrasies as you go.
I have Vdub working fine on an older win7 4-processor Dell and I'm using the Pinnacle 71 USB. But I just purchased my second Boxx Apexx2 machine. I bought them both used on eBay, and the one I just purchased was a year older (2015) than my existing Apexx2.
One reason I bought the new machine was to capture and render, but also to test win10 before making the upgrade on my existing Boxx. A good deal at $425 including shipping, and the interior of the machine was factory clean.
The new machine had a clean installation of Windows10, so the first thing I did was to install "Classic shell" and then Virtual dub. I was not looking forward to what might happen, especially after all the horror stories I've been reading about.
I was pleasantly surprised that when I fired up Vdub, everything worked. In fact, the histogram worked with the capture with no problem, but I leave it off during capture. The "Crossbar Thing" even stays set at s-video after reboot. So I figure that problems could be caused by conflicts with other existing software on a system. As I add applications on the newer machine, I'll keep checking.
- Yes, capture at 720 x 480.
- I keep Vdub on my D drive.
- Definitely use the histogram. You need to set the brightness and contrast levels so that they fall within 16-235 units, which is the equivalent of 7.5-100% on a waveform monitor. If you don't, there's a good chance that the whites will clip and the blacks will be crushed. My brightness levels for my Hi8 cameras are brightness 4, contrast -22. The contrast expands the signal equally left to right on the histogram, and the brightness moves the signal back and forth.
- I've been using 32bit Vdub, but have also used the 64bit with no problem.
The code I chose is Lagarith because I was having problems getting
Huffyuv into my system when I began and finally threw in the towel on it.
There's a ton of information on this site, but I'm really having problems accessing it. The search engine is long in the tooth. Many of the newbies who need help keep asking the same questions over and over along their quest. I still have yet to find answers to common questions listed in an 'easy to find' section on the site, so that adds to the learning curve and frustration.
Steve
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I added the Pinnacle driver (with the installer, without having to 'defeat' InstallShield) and Crossbar Thing. More reboots (3 cheers for the internal SSD) and it seems to capture but there's no Preview in VDub prior to starting a capture. After starting a capture I'll need to toggle histogram on to see anything, and even that doesn't always force the preview.
that make it almost impossible for me to connect two dots even if they're standing next to other, so something may not have installed quite right or uninstalled cleanly.
