Those lines are interlacing artifacts. Look up how to use the “Deinterlace” filter. That should solve the problem. I’d tell you, but it’s got way more options now than i’m familiar with, so you’re better off finding a legit tutorial.

Id say it’s pretty good. You can notice the horizontal line, but it’s alright. It’ll work for now. Thanks for all your help Maj! You’re the best.

I’d be surprised if VirtualDub didn’t support encoding on-the-fly, but then again i’ve never used it. I always keep the source files uncompressed (or store them as .RAR archives if necessary).

Worst case scenario, you can always capture uncompressed files and batch-encode them yourself. And i’m not sure what you mean by horizontal lines, but if you’re referring to interlacing artifacts, you can eliminate those by deinterlacing the videos after you’ve captured them. Pretty much every editing program has a way of doing that.

But when it comes to compression and deinterlacing, i only know enough to get by so you’re probably better off asking someone who actually knows what they’re doing.

bad: The horizontal lines. I consulted the FAQs on the site and they said those lines are inevitable as long as I go over 280pxls in height. That wouldn’t really bother me, but what does, is the SIZE of the video file. Is there a way to compress the size? I couldn’t find it on the FAQs. And sorry for all the need of help. I’m just very frustrated. Been at it all day and night.

Haha that’s definitely not me then. Technology has gotten too complicated for me to try to understand it. As far as i’m concerned, it’s a good day when it works like it’s supposed to and it’s a Skynet insurgency when it doesn’t. My only recourse is shaking it.

Speaking of which, have you tried shaking it?

… Nah don’t try that, it never works. But have you tried other capturing software? VirtualDub is free and it’s all i use these days. Then again, i’m capturing in standard definition so if you’re capturing in HD, then i don’t even know what the requirements are for that.

So you have your capture card connected directly to your external hard drive? Because if you’re running it through your computer, then that might be causing some lag which would explain the dropped frames.

The other factor is hard drive speed. Mine’s 7200rpm but i know they go up to 10,000. Those are expensive though.

But yeah, if your capture card is external, maybe try testing it with another computer?