I am trying to encode some video now, and having a miserable time of it. I have never, ever had a video encoding setup that worked properly.
RTMac - sounds great, yes? I moved this summer and can't find the breakout box anywhere. I did see it during the summer, so I know it's here. Those transparent plastic cases seem to enable a chameleon-like camouflage with whatever is near it. I swear I tore up my whole living area over the past month and thing is just gone... except that I know it really isn't.
So I tried the Fuse again. It's even worse than it was on whatever box I tried before. It uses a QuickTime dialog box to select the audio input - but due to some well-know QT bug I'd never known about before, it automatically switches back to "none", no audio.
Then I was happy to find my DVDirector/MediaPress kit. I've got it all set up and it gives me nothing but grief. When it does capture video, the borders are never straight, the top half of the image warps slightly to the left. Also, it keeps stopping my recordings with complaints that my computer is not fast enough. This kills me. These encoders are like from an earlier era. If a stock digital audio can capture MPEG2 in real time, a faster MDD should be able to capture MPEG1 in real time, to a separate drive even. It's such an utter crock of shite I want to scream. I've got virtual memory off, optimized cache, maximum RAM, and fast drives... I just don't know what to do, I hate it.
Edit: I see what it's doing. The recording peters out at 730.1 MB every time, whatever drive I try recording to.