Hi all !
I've bought Pinnacle studio deluxe ver.9 pack(card with software) from USA (internet).
Before that I asked at Pinnacle support if product bought in USA could be PAL compatible and answer was - No prob just switch NTSC to PAL before capturing ( I live in PAL country ).
Installed card in free PCI slot and installed software with original disks.
Till here all went smooth no prob's .
Tryed to use program and got a prob - In preview window I'm getting light green screen with tv program in it . Whole window have light geen lines from bottom to top and I can see tv program behind them .
Picture is on whole window but in window I have only 5/6 of picture - 480 lines instead of 576 .
I can't change TV type form NTSC to PAL as its gray ( disabled???)
In help they write that all products in USA have PAL option disabled .
Funny ha-h-h !!!
I didn't give up and tryed WinDVR 3 as composite coz my cable box is directly connected to card . I've got very nice picture on whole screen with 720x576 resolution .
Same thing when I try with ulead studio 7se - picture on whole screen with full PAL resolution .
iuVCR as composite is giving 720x480 resolution on whole screen - picture is displying only top 480 lines as with Pinnacle software .
DScaler is doing the same but he informing that he is working with DirectShow Driver .
So I checked in software help and they say thet this software is based on directshow drivers .
I come to conclusion that WinDVR and Ulead studio are working with WDM driver and all others with DirectShow and somehow DirectShow driver is supporting only NTSC format ??!!!.
I see that this card is providing superior quality video and I want to use it with hes software but how exectly can I get them to work together ???
I have AverTv cap98 card installed on my system too and I want to leave it as is , hopefully that there is no conflict between them !
Can anyone help me to solve this issue ???
Thank's on advance
bman