VHS restoration

goddardweb · Post by **goddardweb** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:08 am

Hi
I have several family VHS tapes that I want to put onto DVD before they deteriate any further.

Once I have imported them into my PC can I restore them using VS9? I have had a look through the manual and the programme and can find nothing.

Am I missing it or is it just not there?
Any suggestions of other programmes if not.

Thanks

Post by **lancecarr** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:44 am

Have look at this website, it will give you an idea what can be done and what the limitations are.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/dvdguides/res ... /index.htm

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:54 pm

By restore do you mean print back to your VCR?
If yes then it depends on your capture device. If your capture device or your video card, they must have a supported output, if all the criteria is met you can output to the VCR.

In VS9 after you have edited your video and are ready to output, select Share, Project Playback and select what ever you want on the next screen.

goddardweb · Post by **goddardweb** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:51 pm

Hi

What I want to do is make the VHS tapes look better, I know I will not be able to improve them that much - but anything would be good.

I can get the footage into VS9 but want to know how much if any, adding a filter, for example, would improve matters before I then output them to DVD.

Thanks again folks

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:57 pm

There may not be a whole lot you need to do with Videostudio or any other program if you let the capture device do most of the heavy lifting.

If the tapes are old and/or degraded, you will need some hardware support for correcting weak or out-of-spec video signals, or you'll find up with lots of dropped frames or results that look worse than the original tape. Other problems may include the capture device falsely detecting a Macrovision subsignal and refusal to capture the material.

You will definitely want a VCR or capture device (or hardware filter in between the VCR and capture device) with a TBC, or Time Base Corrector. This will regenerate the video signals. I also would not use separate capture devices for the audio and video (a video card with Video In / Video Out and a SoundBlaster, for instance) -- this will inevitably lead to out-of-sync audio and video.

tyamada · Post by **tyamada** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:10 pm

You could use video filters in VS9 to improve your video but it would take an excessive amount of time to render the video.

If you are using a analoge capture card, in the setup of the device in VS9 you can adjust the hue, contrast and color. If that is all you need to do try it that way.

I have the equipment that THoff suggests using, however, the expense of the equipment doesn't justify the imporvement in the video.