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Running the Wii through a video capture card

AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm trying to play my Wii on a computer monitor, using an Avermedia Capture Card to run it through my computer. I've been told to use dscaler, but it doesn't work, I keep getting errors on it, and can't do any video input. The software that came with my capture card does not seem to allow me any video input; the help files tell me to use menu options that I simply don't have. Does anyone know a good alternative to dscaler, or any trouble shooting ideas that may help?

I'm running vista 64, have a 4870 video card, over 3 GHz dual core.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If nobody knows how to solve this, can somebody tell me a good alternative to dscaler? WHatever program people recommend for video capture of console games, preferably free, but I guess I could pay a little more if necessary.

    EDIT: Or, what do people think of something like this? It should upscale from 480i to 480p, right?

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    AnteCantelope wrote: »
    If nobody knows how to solve this, can somebody tell me a good alternative to dscaler? WHatever program people recommend for video capture of console games, preferably free, but I guess I could pay a little more if necessary.

    EDIT: Or, what do people think of something like this? It should upscale from 480i to 480p, right?

    Which Avermedia card are you using?

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Avermedia DVD EZMaker Gold

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  • ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    AnteCantelope wrote: »
    Avermedia DVD EZMaker Gold

    Ah, I only have experience with their DVR card.

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  • mrbernzmrbernz Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Did the card not come with its own capturing software? Have you tried using windows movie maker?

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yes, the card came with capturing software, but I can't seem to capture video with it. The help file tells me to click on a certain menu that I don't have, and to select options that I don't have.

    How do I capture with Windows Movie Maker? It seems to only accept video cameras.

    EDIT: Windows just popped up an unprompted message, saying that "Windows was able to successfully install device driver software, but the driver software encountered a problem when it tried to run." So if the drivers were installed properly, but they don't work... I dunno, how would I fix this?

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  • AnteCantelopeAnteCantelope Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    OK, I've got the capture card working, now I have a new problem. Dscaler is all ugly and laggy, VLC is uglier and laggier, the program that came with it is great, but doesn't allow full screen, and I can't figure out how to get windows movie maker to show the captured video. Can anyone help me with the software? Thanks.

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  • xYUUBINKYOKUxxYUUBINKYOKUx Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    you might be able to run the card through windows media center which is in most of the versions of vista. Vista was picky and would not let me use my capture card in that but if it works it might be better than the other programs.

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