Possible RRG/G400 Work Around

[DrBoB]

Following the advice in some of the posts, I've lowered my resolution from 1600x1200-32bit to 800x600-16bit, and have so far had flawless captures. 800x600-32bit still wouldn't capture smoothly, neither would 1600x1200-16bit. Switching back to 1600x1200-32bit for editing is a dream on my 19" monitor. I've noticed that playing back the raw footage occasionally shows the artifacts, but a reboot usually clears it up, and editing in MSP5.2 is clean.

My configuration:
ABIT-BE6
PIII-500
128MB RAM
13.3GB Ultra 66 7200RPM
18GB Ultra 66 5400RPM
SBLive Value
Matrox G400 DH -32
Matrox RainbowRunner G-Series
PD 5.50.005 Beta
VT 1.51

[hella356]

Are you saying that you change the desktop settings to 800x600x16 run capture only and then go back to 1600x1200x32 for everything else?

[DrBoB]

Yup. It's worked great so far. I've been putting it through a number of tests capturing with various MJPEG qualities and capture resolutions. 800x600-16 has been perfectly clean so far. I switch back to 1600x1200 for everything else (800x600 on a 19" monitor is HUGE).

[Walrus]

Just as a note, although I don't have a G400/RRG (I have a Matrox Marvel G200), but I have noticed some problems capturing at 32bit at all. I generally find things stable as long as it's 1280x1024 or lower res @ 16 bit depth. (I run 1280x1024 @16 in NT and it works amazingly well)