Lag while capturing Playstation 2 footage

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:07 am

I apologize if this has been asked before. I'm an old member but I've been out of the community for a long time.

I am wondering if anyone has had any lag while capturing from a PS2, or any RCA input device from an ATI All in Wonder card. Google didn't really turn up anything for me.

When I'm "playing", there is a lag from when I do something with the controller to the screen. The actual audio and video are in sync though. The problem is getting to different cutscenes so that I can capture them. The lag is annoying enough for me to not play effectively.

I'm seeing that other people have a similar problem while I was on that google search. I just didn't get to a good solution. If anyone has an alternative program that I could use then I can probably figure out if it's the software or the hardware.

Thanks.

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:56 am

hmm...I think the lag results from the method you use.
info has to go from the disk to the ps2 to the tv/capture card to your computer (not to mention all the wire involved). I had the same problem with trying to play my ps2 on my laptop (using an ati all-in-wonder usb2.0 tv tuner)
there is a guide that outlines procedures and programs to get video game footage
Quu's guide
I haven't personally used this, so I couldn't help with troubleshooting.
I would use caution, as I believe one of the sites has a virus (found this out through going to the link), so make sure you have a firewall and good antiviral software (preferably an on-acess scanner)

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:13 am

Unfortunately, that guide is insufficient nowadays.

More and more games are relying on real-time cinema rather than pre-rendered. And even then, it's been getting very difficult to even get those pre-rendered movies. I was actually involved in the current stickies about all that.

RolltheStampede · Post by **RolltheStampede** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:39 pm

is this one out of date
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... 9bbae8ec6d

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:25 pm

OK, you guys are giving me "ripping" methods. I am simply trying to get my capture card to work properly in true real time. Do not post anything that is listed in the stickies.