Capture Quality Degraded

[calhoun]

I have a P4 2.66Ghz, 1GB ram, Geforce4 Ti 4200 and Play TVHD capture card(cx23881) running with XP. I've been capturing excellent quality videos for more than 6 months now by capturing in an uncompressed format then post encoding it. My problem is that recently the quality of capture (before encoding) has degraded (very pixelated). After reinstalling drivers and software and checking for interference from all my hardware such as all other cards, power supply, cables etc, decided to reformat and reinstall Windows XP, after this failed to fix the problem I bought a new capture card (WinFast TV2000 XP Expert). With this NEW card I encounter the same low quality pixelated capture.

Could a component of my relatively new computer(ram, processor, motherboard etc) be somehow interfering with the capture process?

Thanks.

[Google]

[DMW]

isn't there already a thread on this?

the people over at tv-cards.com were no help eh?

what types of cables are you using for your input? S.Video? RCA? etc..

are all captures equally grainy no matter the source? some more or less than others?

[calhoun]

Yeah mate ive posted lots of threads on lots of sites about this problem. I cant believe im the only person to encounter this. I predominantly use S-video cables but composite yeilds the same result. All captures are equally grainy regardless the source even DVD....

There must be someone out there who knows whats going on here..
STOP HOLDING OUT ON ME!! :)

[alexvdl]

*blinks* Ahhhhhhhh..... the "My computer doesn't work because everyone is in an international conspiracy against me" school of thought.
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