Wide World of Women

been searching all over for a decent capture program to grab stills from my usb video card....

seems that the quality of the ones I have tried is pretty bad...
I really want a good program that lets you adjust the picture quality...so you can get HD quality captures if wanted.

I've noticed that a lot of the captures on here are of superior quality so I thought that maybe you guys could steer me in the right direction...

oh yeah, a image capture that also allows video capture would be extra nice too.

thanks in advance

With a USB device you're going to be somewhat limited compared to a PCI card. I'd recommend dscaler for stills since it has numerous settings and adjustments, and it's free.

http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/

There's other software out there, but I'm not too familiar with them so maybe someone else can recommend something they know.

For recording (capturing) video you really have more options than I can list here. Here's a good starting point:

http://www.videohelp.com/capture

For vids I like to record to dvd in HQ mode then rip to avi or mpeg for best quality, but capturing using a card works fine. You can use Nero, Windows Movie Maker (makes wmv files only), or some other video editing software from Roxio/Sonic or Cyberlink.

For HD locals you need:

1) Local HD broadcasts in your area
2) HD tuner card with ATSC and QAM
3) an off air antenna or HD cable service with unencrypted local channels

For HD programs from cable/satellite it's a slightly more technical so for simplicity I won't go into that.