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Chienworks wrote on 1/5/2002, 6:59 PM
Check under Options. You have three choices for previewing the video:
Never, Smart, and Always. If you have Never selected, then you won't
see the video on your capture screen. Smart will only show the video
when you need to see it, such as for cueing. If you have a moderately
fast computer (750MHz or better), you can probably set it to Always and
not have to worry about dropped frames.
cmarsto wrote on 1/5/2002, 7:15 PM
That works a bit. The picture is very grainy and I can't get any sound. Any thoughts? And now I can't get it to capture again. It did it the first time very poorly and now I can't make it happen again.
Chienworks wrote on 1/6/2002, 8:34 AM
What are your system specs? (processor type & speed, memory, windows
version, etc.) What other software do you have running besides Video
Factory and VidCap? Which version of VidCap are you using?
cmarsto wrote on 1/6/2002, 11:23 AM
I'm using a IBM 600X with a PentIII processor. I have 11 gigs of hard drive, 229K RAM, 500MHZ processor speed. Is this too little?
Chienworks wrote on 1/6/2002, 11:55 AM
That should be ok. The next thing to check is how many other programs
are running in the background while you're trying to capture. Ideally, the
only programs you should have running are Systray, Explorer, and VidCap.
It's usually ok to have Video Factory running as well, since it will probably
be idle while you're capturing.

While you have VidCap open, do a Ctrl-Alt-Del to get a list of other tasks
running. If you see more than what was mentioned above, that may be
causing some of your problems.