Weird Analog Conversion
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mauryw
Weird Analog Conversion
I have been transcribing all my vintage, 1980s, home videos using VS8. It has worked great except for the earlies VHS of my 1984 wedding. This VHS plays back on a TV without flaw. However, when I play it back into my computer, it has flutters and ripples (I'm not sure what the correct term is) as if the tracking was off. And of course, this is what is captured. I set up a palyback on a TV with a built in VCR and ran the video outs into VS8. The palycback is perfect on the TV, but flutters and ripples in VS8. This is the only vidoe tape in my collection that does this. Any ideas? Any fixes? Thanks for your help!!!
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mauryw
Please try again
Pease read my original post again. I did try another VCR, it plays back grat on the TV, but flutters on the VS8 monitor screen and captures WISYWIG. I do not have a DVD burner combo.
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Hi MauryW,
This is certainly weird. How are you transfering the video to your computer? I know you said that you are running video out from your VCR, but to what? What type of capture device are you using?
It almost seems like a reversed field order problem. If you are capturing analogue then your field order should be Upper Field First (UFF). If your capture device has a built in converter, allowing the conversion from analogue to digital, then it should be Lower Field First (LFF). Ulead generally can detect the correct field order, however if it gets reversed, then the results can be as what you are seeing.
Do you have a Digital 8 camcorder? If so you may be able to use it as a pass-through, to convert from analogue to digital. I use mine, and have done several old BetaMax tapes, that turned out great.
Ron P.
This is certainly weird. How are you transfering the video to your computer? I know you said that you are running video out from your VCR, but to what? What type of capture device are you using?
It almost seems like a reversed field order problem. If you are capturing analogue then your field order should be Upper Field First (UFF). If your capture device has a built in converter, allowing the conversion from analogue to digital, then it should be Lower Field First (LFF). Ulead generally can detect the correct field order, however if it gets reversed, then the results can be as what you are seeing.
Do you have a Digital 8 camcorder? If so you may be able to use it as a pass-through, to convert from analogue to digital. I use mine, and have done several old BetaMax tapes, that turned out great.
Ron P.
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Hi Maury,
Video Studio doesn't like the incoming syncs off that particular tape. There could be many reasons for this, all to do with the original recording. Camcorders back in the early eighties often had color burst and line pulling issues which would be a problem for Video Studio during capture. See if a friend or workmate has a DVD/VCR combo recorder to get the video transferred, and then import the video into Video Studio from the DVD. These kinds of issues back then were resolved using a sync pulse generator and a proch amp but those days are long gone. I hope it works out for you.
Video Studio doesn't like the incoming syncs off that particular tape. There could be many reasons for this, all to do with the original recording. Camcorders back in the early eighties often had color burst and line pulling issues which would be a problem for Video Studio during capture. See if a friend or workmate has a DVD/VCR combo recorder to get the video transferred, and then import the video into Video Studio from the DVD. These kinds of issues back then were resolved using a sync pulse generator and a proch amp but those days are long gone. I hope it works out for you.
Terry