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Old 15-07-2006, 01:12 AM   #72 (permalink)
Octavean
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Originally Posted by Multimedia Mike
Octavean, thanks for bringing this card to our attention, I haven't heard of it before. Looking at it's spec though, I only have 2 words for you "software encoder". Need we say more?
No problem, don’t mention it.

The "software encoder" of which you speak never even occurred to me until you mentioned it. Naturally I haven’t made up my mind either way about either of these cards. Performance is key but so too is price, availability and possibly even user experiences.

I have used an AIW 9800 Pro in MCE and that has drawbacks,…

I used a HDTV Wonder in MCE (both NTSC and ATSC components enabled) and still do in fact,…and that has drawbacks too,…

I have used more then one Theater 550 Pro in MCE and once again, drawbacks are there.

It would be prudent IMO to expect that the same is true of the Theater 650 Pro and the Vbox 164e.


Seraphic-
With respect to number 3

Originally Posted by Seraphic-
3. If the Microsoft Resource Kit doesn't work with the 650 Pro, what would be the best way to get around the 4GB limit on video files created during a capture in Windows XP?
I know of no such limitation. In MCE, High Definition and long SD recordings may be well over 4GB.

FAT32 may have such limits but NTFS does not.

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