Compro VideoMate S350 card limited to 320x240?

[robertnixon]

I've purchased a used Compro VideoMate s350 DVB/TV card on eBay dating from around 2009.
My intention is to use it to capture PAL footage from Hi8 camcorders, etc.
I'm usung Windows 10, and the card was successfully detected as a VideoMate TV SAA7133/35. Hybrid Capture Device, under Sound, video and game controllers in Windows Device Manager.
The driver version is 1.3.9.1 (14/03/2011)
I can't find any newer drivers when I Google search.
Using VirtualDub 1.9.11, the only output size option in the video capture pin stream format is 320 x 240 for any of the video standards settings despite the card having an S-video input, which you would think implies 720 x 576 PAL capability.

I have another capture device, a Tevion/Kworld VS-USB2800D USB dongle which works fine with VirtualDub and captures PAL 720 x 576 no problem.
I can't find any capture specifications for this card, even in the user manual.

Has anyone out there had one of these cards and achieved higher capture resolution?

Thanks in advance

Rob

[lordsmurf]

I wrote you a big reply, and then the browser crashed. Don't have time to retype it all. Maybe later.

Summary:

This card will not work for you. You need something better.

- That DVB card is for satellite recording, not analog videotape capture.
- Tevion is not KWorld, but both are mostly rebadgers of random items, almost none of them any good.