4600 video capturing stuttering on picture using mpeg

Good afternoon.
I'm new to video capturing but seem to have a bit of a problem. I can capture fine in the bundled WinProducer when I use the AVI setting but it generates some rather large files, 300meg/minute or so. When i set it to capture at the mpeg setting it does the audio fine but the picture is stop/start, plays a second pauses a while plays a bit more etc while the audio merrily carries on without a problem.
Would anyone have an idea on what I might have set wrong etc please?
Thanks.

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Originally posted by Hypacharry
Good afternoon.
I'm new to video capturing but seem to have a bit of a problem. I can capture fine in the bundled WinProducer when I use the AVI setting but it generates some rather large files, 300meg/minute or so. When i set it to capture at the mpeg setting it does the audio fine but the picture is stop/start, plays a second pauses a while plays a bit more etc while the audio merrily carries on without a problem.
Would anyone have an idea on what I might have set wrong etc please?
Thanks.
Good Morning.
I can tell you many things about your problem:
1- what chipsets do you have??
AMD (above 760 (762 & 768  ) and Intel (almost everything above 815) will work fine (smooth i´d say), but ALI, SIS and VIA won´t do the job.
2- You have to pay attention to the  encoder card you are using ( if using one)
Matrox capturers are very conflictive  X(  (so don´t use matrox) instead use another video capturer
3- How much memory are using?
above 512 Mb should work
4- have you ever considered forming an array?
it will increase your data I/O
5- pay attention to the order of the cards on the pci slots
Some cards have to be in a specific order.
6- what OS are you using???
W2k pro & Wxp pro are good for the job you are intending to (you should think to move to one of them)
7-If you want to have good video quality, you must think in buying an encoder, no matters how fast your Geforce is, at the end it won´t substitute a video encoder card
 ) (hope this can help you with your problem)
good luck!

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