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Old 04-11-2004, 04:48 PM
Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by backpackerx
Well, I did some capture to my current laptop which is a 900Mhz Pentium 3 with 256Mb RAM...Are there other reasons why captured video comes out a little choppy? Also, it seems like the refresh rate on the screen isn't to good because I noticed blurring on my laptop while panning that isn't there on the TV. Anyone know what a needed refresh rate for clear video is?
Assuming you're running Windows XP, 256 MB of RAM will contribute to the problem - Windows XP takes up almost that much sitting idle. 512 MB is a safe zone for video capture.

Did you disable all other programs on the laptop, including any anti-virus programs you might have running?

Were you capturing to an empty partition, or your main internal hard drive? That's the #1 cause of bad captures - capturing to a fragmented hard drive full of data.

Regarding the refresh rate, I'm not sure - I haven't had that problem with LCD screens in a few years, but I don't know the refresh rate of my screens off hand.
 
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