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VirtualVCRNO LONGER DEVELOPED |
Virtual VCR is a small, free and versatile DirectShow video capture application designed to work with TV tuner and video capture cards that have WDM drivers.
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Free software  Win  Released: Size:420kB |
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Latest version: 2.6.9 (March 01, 2003) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Sponsored software: Supported operating systems: Windows
More information and other downloads: Download VirtualVCR for Leadteak TV2000XP here Download VirtualVCR Scheduler here - Turns your PC into a digital video recorder. Freeware. Download VVCRS VirtualVCR Scheduler here - Another scheduler for Virtual VCRr. Freeware. Sections/Browse similar tools: Capture |
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User options: Email me when it has been updated Report this tool (dead link/new version) Version history:
v2.6.9 View full changelog Added Added Help Context to the Capture Stats Dialog. Added 1 second delay before starting preview or capture when the app first starts to help people with slow tuner cards. Bug Fix If the Video AMP is set to auto for Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation do not alter them. Save stats - free space and video compression number format fixed. Use the GetModuleFileName() to get the current exe name, this is used to get the version number.
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Uninstalls easily.
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About: Country Code / Tuning Space The country code should be the code according to ITU-T standard E.164, from what I can tell. I believe this is the same as those used for international telephone dialing codes. (E.g., the U.S. is 1) Thanks to Wikipedia.org for ease of finding. : ) Some country codes: 1: U.S.; 44: UK; 61: Australia; 55: Brazil; 3: Canada; 86: P.R. of China; 33: France; 49: Germany, etc. Tuning spaces are used to keep track of frequency tables, which are used to tune a specific signal (such as a TV channel). Therefore, if you have multiple ways of bringing in a multi-channel video signal into your computer, you would have one frequency table for each set of channels, and each set would be referred to via a "tuning space"... Microsoft Windows XP and DirectX 9 provide 5 default tuning spaces, which are kept track of in the registry. They are referred to by name by Windows and whatever application refers to them, but generally use 1 of 2 possible input types, "0" or "1". 0 is cable, and 1 is antenna. These are the numbers to use for Tuning Space in VirtualVCR, I believe. The reason this is provided for as a separate entry from the "Antenna/Cable" radio buttons is that it is possible to have multiple inputs of video signal into your machine, with more than one input card. Also, or in concert with this, applications (programs) can create their own, new, tuning spaces through the use of an API hook into Windows. I've read accounts of programmers attempting to do so, and running into problems when going beyond tuning space 1, with tuning space "2", for example. In VirtualVCR, try leaving it at 0 and just setting the country code. Otherwise, try 0 or 1. I'm not an expert, but this all is what my initial research yields. I used Tuning Space 1 (for antenna, what I'm using), as well as choosing Antenna input, and it correctly found my local channels during scan.
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Context-sensitive help provides little actual help on Tuner tab of Settings dialog. There is no help on Tuner dialog upon click of TV Tuner Device button on Tuner tab. Website provides no help for settings there: what country code am I in, what Tuning space do I use, if there's a scan button in this dialog, why is there also one in the more general Tuner dialog? Also, crashes when launching AudioInputMixer Properties tab on Device Settings dialog for XviD codec (Video settings), and one other place (I forgot where.) Why would it be so hard to write a text help file with explanations? I know this utility is free, but it'd take all of 20 minutes to write one.
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It's the best tool for VHS capture....
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After first installation program refuses to run and gives me a bunch of different error messages. My drivers (Elsa Erazor III Pro with NVidia Riva TNT2 chipset) are updated. I tried older drivers, I tried the latest drivers. I tried Elsa drivers, I tried NVidia drivers. VirtualVCR only spits out error messages. The latest one now is: "Could not add Video Capture Filter to the filter graph". This could be as well Chinese, I don't understand it. The forum/messageboard for this program is not working. I can't find an email address to contact the author(s). Their help sites are not helping either. In summary: Program deleted. Absolutely useless.
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I use an AverTV PCI Card. I wanted to capture analog PAL home videos from my old VHS video camera. The audio video sync problem has been so aweful for me that I cannot recommend this software to anyone. They have this great option to see stats but you cannot find anywhere, how to interpret those stats and what adjustments need to be made to the setup to get synchronized audio & video.
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THE BEST TOOL FOR recording TV into your PC I use this on my Windows XP PC without difficulty after some initial trouble... I just wonder how jimbop99 GOT THIS TO WORK ON MacOSX He posted: Tool version 2.6.9 using OS MacOSX Unless he's using a Windows emulator? I'd like to know as I prefer the Mac.
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This program appeared to be exactly what I needed, but everytime I recorded from my VCR to my computer (via VIVO) the sound would slowly go out of sync. I tried every option under the audio sync tab, but nothing worked. I then went to Virtualdub and that worked perfectly. If they can fix the audio sync program, Iwould give this a 10 easily.
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I am using ati hdtv wonder wdm drivers. However, virtualvcr doesn't seem to work with this setup. Can't preview unless I set to RGB24, but I would like to capture YUY2 avi 720x480 for CCE mpeg encoding. Also, audio not present in capture nor preview.
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I got preview working. I now prefer this tool to capturing in Virtual Dub. One thing I really like is the ability to save different capturing profiles. So I have one saved for NTSC and one for PAL. It also keeps a log of which frames were dropped which is a big help. Darryl
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I like it. Does what I want. Captures PAL. Virtual Dub would not capture PAL for me. One thing, I have to capture blind. For some reason, preview does not work.
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I think that VirtualVCR has plenty of potential to become even better.The reason I say this is because when I gave it a thorough testing,I found that the A/V Sync would be way off. Its a simple,smart looking piece of software and it seems to work for a lot of users,but not for me.Until the audio resampling is tweaked to perfection,I cannot recommend it. If I'm going to capture video,the least I expect is that everything is in sync! VirtualDub's experimental releases use the same kind of method as VirtualVCR for keeping A/V sync and work flawlessly for me.
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this by far the best program i have ever used in conjunction with huffyuv to capture avi's the results are stunning regardles of what it is your recording i have tried those payware programs like IUVCR and it cant get nowhere near the quality that virtual vcr can get.. i love this program its easy and its FREE!!!
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Absolutely the best. I've tried avi_io, and iuvcr. Both of those did not produce the quality that I got with virtualvcr. I'm using a Leadtek 2000xp dlx tuner, and for whatever reason it works with the latest drivers (01-04) right out of the box.
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If you have an analog capture card (S-video, composite, etc.) this is the only capture software to use. Why? Because it is the only software that keeps audio + video in sync the correct way. Make sure you use the "audio resample" button and do not choose any master streams. . Most other capture applications will keep audio and video in sync, but when you compress it to MPEG1/2/4, it won't stay that way, or complain that the file is not compliant. This program won't do that to you. Highly recommended!
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The best of the best. You may like to try this scheduler [url] http://vvcrs.50free.net/[/url]
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A great tool, easy to use and good quality. I have managed to capture in 720x480 without any frame dropped, using AverMedia EZ DVD PCI. Regarding the meaning of dropped2, see the explanation on its web site http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/html/virtualvcr/general.php.
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it's an "easy to use" vcr tool but...can anyone tell me, what is the difference between dropped and dropped in statistics windows ?
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cool tool. searching scheduler ?? use this http://www.zisoft.de/video/
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Well, Virtual VCR used to be my preferred TV capture program till I got the for Leadtek TV2000XP card (from CWORLD, Richmond at A$95). Virtual VCR refuses to work with this card. Have just downloaded the fixed version from the link given above. Hope it works. By the way, it's nice to see that channel 9 scrshot. Hey, I live in Melbourne now and I guess this cards pretty popular over here.
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I tried so many different capture programs that I can't count them all. To me this is the best of the bunch as far as performance goes. It is very easy to use and I never get more than 1 or 2 dropped frames over three-hour periods (football games), if any at all. I don't use filters while capturing. I use VirtualDub and AVISynth for editing. I use a WinTV GO PCI capture card, capturing 720X480, 30 fps. The only negatives I have are the lack of a scheduler (see my next note) and the amount of support; the author is busy doing other things these days and doesn't have time to provide much support. No new version in a while. Hey, it's free... The scheduler...well someone did write a scheduler called VVCRS2...it can be hard to find but if you get it, it's pretty much what you need. It runs in the tray and actually doesn't use the Windows Task Scheduler. Works for me! Dale
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It is very nice and simplified program for capturing, works for all tested capture cards and capture chips (SAA7130, BT878, ATI Rage Theater). Dropped frames indicator seems very precise. The only disvantage is small on-the-fly filter numbers.
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Worked well with ATi TV Wonder capture card where MMC failed plus offered a great dealmore option than ATi software offered. The program did take a while to figure out but once everthing's properly set, you're going to have almost no problem at all. I have 2.4GHz P4, ATA100 drives and I can make 720x480 30fps capture with no dropped frames when using Huffy codec. If you're looking for simple and hassle-free program to use, this one should be your first choice to try. I promise you won't even bother trying any other capture programs.
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This is *the* software for capturing. USing its dynamic resample, I never got desynched audio! You can save different capture profiles, which is very useful if you're capturing from many different sources. HIghly recommended, You can't go wrong with freeware.
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Over the course of the last 3 years i've extensively test almost all (if not even all) video capture programs (for vfw and wdm) and i would like to express that while most them are prone to problems, only some 3 are decent performers, imho. VirtualVCR is definitely one of them -- the only drawback is the lack of a 'complete', integrated, Scheduller. Furthermore it has a unique feature: it's Freeware. Just try it. HN
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