This gets weirder and weirder. I uninstalled and reinstalled the cards drivers.

I also installed Honestech DVR which was also on the installation disc.

The first thing I noticed was that the HDMI input source was now missing,only composite and s video were available. Tried honestech anyway and zilch. tried my virtual dub - again nothing. downloaded a new copy of virtual dub 1.9, still nothing.

decided to try virtual dub mod and ergo a perfect picture but no sound. tried different audio settings -still no sound. tried to capture it but picture froze and no frames were captured.

Went back to installation disc and installed uMedia uTV the last program on the disc. After a bit of tweaking am getting a perfect 1920 x 1080 picture with mpg3 sound. Source is listed as Timeleak HD capture card but is given as analogue 1920 x 1080. When I record this the quality of Triangle is excellent but any stills are 1920 x 1440 or 4:3 aspect ratio which i haven't yet managed to change. When I record football the quality drops quite a bit. this is probably because the video bitrate is only 25.8 Mbps or just over 3mBps which is very low. the colours are vibrant and natural. so if i can raise the bitrate i might be good to go.

To sum up, the splitter and card both obviously work. So it must be possible to get decent results with some program. The search will resume if i can't increase the bitrate in this one.

Thanks for your help. Any other suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated.