Can't get input from video capture card

mbourne · Post by **mbourne** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 22:21

I have installed a USB video capture device (Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 - actually a TV tuner which also has composite and SVideo inputs). I can see the composite input using the software provided, and the device shows up in Resolume's "Sources" list as "Hauppauge WinTV PVR2 USB2 Encoder". I have put it onto the deck and from there into one of the output layers, but I don't get any output from it. Does anyone have any suggestions what I am doing wrong?

I have heard from some people that it is easier to get firewire devices to work with Resolume. Is this true?

Thanks,
Mark.

DayVeeJay · Post by **DayVeeJay** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 23:06

What version of resolume are you using?

mbourne · Post by **mbourne** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 21:48

Sorry - I should have mentioned that! It's 2.41 (the latest I think) running in trial mode on Windows Vista Business. I have a spare Windows 2000 licence which I will install to dual boot when I have time, in case Vista is causing a problem. As far as I am aware, there is no functionality cut out of the trial mode, just a watermarked output.

Thanks,
Mark.

DayVeeJay · Post by **DayVeeJay** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 22:50

does it work with any other software besides whats provided with it?

mbourne · Post by **mbourne** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 20:46

Unfortunately I don't have any software to try it with except Resolume and the software provided with it. Even more unfortunately, the person I borrowed it from needs it back.

I'm thinking the problem is possibly down to the device having a TV tuner as well rather than just straight video capture, and Resolume not seeming to have any way of selecting which channel / input to use.

Can you recommend any other reasonably cheap USB or Firewire devices which are known to work with Resolume? Or is there a list of such devices somewhere?

Thanks,
Mark.

gdlt · Post by **gdlt** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 20:04

You are right about the selecting problem. see this post:

http://www.resolume.com/forum/viewthrea ... 1#pid13573

mbourne · Post by **mbourne** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 20:22

Thanks for the pointer. I'd already tried selecting the input with the proper software then switching to Resolume, but that didn't seem to work for my device.

All I actually need is a composite input - the only reason I was using a tuner is that that's all I could get hold of to experiment with without actually buying anything myself.

DayVeeJay · Post by **DayVeeJay** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 19:34

I cringe at the thought of installing Pinnacle software on my computer. My Pinnacle gear works flawlessly with windows movie maker so maybe you could try that instead. I would also recommend trying it with virtual dub

[Edited on 26-11-2007 by DayVeeJay]

mbourne · Post by **mbourne** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 21:57

Unfortunately I've had to return the device I was using to the person I borrowed it from. I did try with Windows (Vista) Movie Maker, but that said it "could not find a compatible digital video device". Since the task was named "Import from digital video camera", I thought maybe Movie Maker didn't support capture cards, although I couldn't really see why there'd be any difference. Perhaps this particular device just doesn't play nicely as a simple capture card. I'll keep looking around for a straight capture card without a tuner etc as well. Thanks for all the suggestions!

DayVeeJay · Post by **DayVeeJay** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 23:28

youre welcome