What can I close?

I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer, and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-tasking
something else and taking resources away from the video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture without
manually having to go in and shut everything else down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave

Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Dave, go to www.blackviper.com and look there. The site will tell you what
all the processes are and help you decide which ones you can eliminate.
--
Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Dave, go to www.blackviper.com and look there. The site will tell you what
all the processes are and help you decide which ones you can eliminate.
--
Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

You may be able to get around the limitations of an onboard graphics care
with shared memory by doing what Steve C. Ray in this thread mention's which
is closing some processes and blackviper is an excellent site. However,
whether its streaming video from the web or dumping video from your camera
in real time, this is a graphics intensive and is sure to hog memory and I
don't think that onboard card is up to it.

You're going to really be fighting this issue.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

If you upgrade your RAM to 512MB or greater, that will probably solve all three of your problems. Try Fry's Electronics or outpost.com (their website). Expect to pay $70-80 and it is a very worthwhile investment.

You may be able to get around the limitations of an onboard graphics care
with shared memory by doing what Steve C. Ray in this thread mention's which
is closing some processes and blackviper is an excellent site. However,
whether its streaming video from the web or dumping video from your camera
in real time, this is a graphics intensive and is sure to hog memory and I
don't think that onboard card is up to it.

You're going to really be fighting this issue.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Already running 512MB of RAm and am maxed out.

-----Original Message-----
If you upgrade your RAM to 512MB or greater, that will
probably solve all three of your problems. Try Fry's
Electronics or outpost.com (their website). Expect to pay
$70-80 and it is a very worthwhile investment.
.

Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Dave, go to www.blackviper.com and look there. The site will tell you what
all the processes are and help you decide which ones you can eliminate.
--
Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

You may be able to get around the limitations of an onboard graphics care
with shared memory by doing what Steve C. Ray in this thread mention's which
is closing some processes and blackviper is an excellent site. However,
whether its streaming video from the web or dumping video from your camera
in real time, this is a graphics intensive and is sure to hog memory and I
don't think that onboard card is up to it.

You're going to really be fighting this issue.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

Dave, go to www.blackviper.com and look there. The site will tell you what
all the processes are and help you decide which ones you can eliminate.
--
Steve C. Ray
(Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
...
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
. ..
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.

You may be able to get around the limitations of an onboard graphics care
with shared memory by doing what Steve C. Ray in this thread mention's which
is closing some processes and blackviper is an excellent site. However,
whether its streaming video from the web or dumping video from your camera
in real time, this is a graphics intensive and is sure to hog memory and I
don't think that onboard card is up to it.

You're going to really be fighting this issue.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Michael, but I don't think I made it clear what
I'm trying to do. I'm dumping video from my analog
camcorder through a peripheral digitzing device (Pyro A/V
Link) into my PC so I can eventually burn it to DVD. As I
dump the video in in real time, XP apparently sidetracks
to process something else momentarily, and the video
freezes for that short amount of time.

In Win98 and ME, I was always told I could go into Task
Manager and close everything but Explorer and SysTray to
free up the maximum amount of memory. Is there a similar
function in XP? What is the bare minimum programs
and "systems" I need to keep running?

Thnaks in advance.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
Most onboard graphics cards share memory and that could
be a part of the
problem. Also, even with a broadband connection, there
can be breaks in the
data stream. Obviously, if the freezes are at the same
spot it's not live
but recorded and what you are seeing may be a problem
with file even though
it is being fed to you from the site, especially if the
freezes are at the
same point.

That said, it may not be the file, rather it is the
shared memory as
mentioned above. It stops at the same point because
that's where the system
apparently runs out of available memory for the task.
The graphics card is
sharing with main system memory, other tasks are going
on, you are online,
the system has background chores and at some point you
run beyond the
system's ability to manage it.

If you have access to a graphics card with its own
memory, at least 64MB
given the overall graphics demands of XP, you might try
testing it on your
system to see if it makes a difference. If not, there
may simply be
something wrong with the file.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
As I stream the video into the computer, the video
occasionally freezes for a few moments, then picks
up "live" again. When I review the video file,
the "freezes" appear in the same spots and apparently
for
the same durations.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Is your capture actually dropping frames...?



"Dave" wrote in
message
.. .
I'm trying to capture streaming video on my computer,
and
occasionally, the video freezes momentarily duirng
the
capture. I presume this is because XP is multi-
tasking
something else and taking resources away from the
video
capture.

Three questions:
1. What is the bare minimum programs/systems I need
to
have running to keep Wondows alive during this
capture?

2. How do I safely close whatever I don't need
running?

and 3. Can I set up a special configuration where XP
will
load only the bare minimum to do video capture
without
manually having to go in and shut everything else
down
every time? How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

dave


.



.