Please help: recording analog video using ATI 550 H/W encoding

[inspiron2]

Hi,

I have done full search and reading in older posts + Wiki, but the posts are for a previous version. For example, there is no "direct recording" option in the latest version; it only show analog and analog hi-def as option in capture source, etc. Also, when in the program, when I click on the Live TV option, it just takes me back to main menu. Plus, in Recordings page, when I click on Manual Rec option, it takes me back to main meu. Is it because I don't have my camcorder connected to the computer yet?

gbPVR keeps coming up as THE software package to use to exploit the full potential of ATI 550 PRO's hardware based encoding. I downloaded and installed the latest version of gbPVR to capture analog video from my Hi8 and VHS collection (I intend to use the S-Video connector on ATI input-block), but I could not figure our how to record video in gbPVR. Everything is geared with TV watching in mind. There was no magic "record" or "capture" button, so to speak. Can someone please help?

thanks a lot

[sub]

GB-PVR is a great PVR app, which makes it easy to schedule recordings etc. Its a poor app for doubing VHS or Hi8 videos. It wasnt designed for this task. You can do it, but its a bit crap for this purpose.

You'd be better off with a simple tool like ChrisTV or something similar, which has a simple 'record' button like you want.