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VLC can also take some of the stress off of your CPU by using your video card.

No it can't.

It can't? Then why does my CPU usage only go up 1 or 2 percent? I don't know, either way it's still a lot less stress on my CPU than virtual Dub or Ulead.

I've been messing around with VLC and I have discovered that if you allow two instances of VLC and run the audio through another instance there doesn't seem to be any lag. When you open the capture device in the first instance set the audio device to none, you'll get and error saying it can't use no...

VLC can also take some of the stress off of your CPU by using your video card. I bought a EasyCap USB capture card to play games through. I used Ulead which came with it, and VirtualDub, they both worked fine but used around 30-50 percent of my processor, VLC uses 2-5 percent. I also had a lag probl...