I know this has nothing to do with ulead, but...

[storm]

When I connect my Panasonic nv-gs250 to my DVD recorder via the scarts or gold s-video, and record, then watch the footage there is a strip in the top left hand side of the screen of black and white stripes. I have seen this a few times on the BBC news. What the hell is it? I have tried putting the DV tapes in my sister's camcorder and the footage is fine, why would it be doing it from one camcorder and not the other.

The reason I ask this is I want to transfer my DV footage straight to DVD, especially with all the trouble I have had with Ulead software trying to do it.

Thanks

[lostinthewoods]

If you do burn the video directly to dvd are the lines you speak of on teh dvd?

Have you tried smacking both the computer and the camcorder with a hammer?



lost

[storm]

I have thought about it a couple of times, believe me.

Yes the black and white strip is visible once you watch the DVD footage, while it's transferring it looks fine. But when you press play after transferring, there is that line.

Cheers

[etech6355]

I'm not sure about what lines your seeing.
It could be the TV your playing it back on, the dvd recorder or playback device not being configured properly for 16:9 or 4:3 in the setup menus.

There is information displayed before the actual picture and also after the picture information in normal broadcasts. These lines are usually not observed by the user because of TV Overscanning.

I would contact Panasonic.

[sjj1805]

I had a similar issue when I was transferring my vast collection of VHS tapes to DVD via a Hauppauge TV card.

The majority of tapes transferred OK but some of the older worn tapes would have an irritating greenish line down the right hand edge of the screen.
The reason was simply that they were worn or dirty.

The cure was to crop the video after capture with the crop filter.

[storm]

It isn't anything to do with quality as the footage is coming straight from a DV tape. I have tried every configuration 4:3 16:9 on the T.V and DVD recorder, but that shouldn't matter because if I put a DV tape in another (my sister's cheaper camera) camera, these lines don't appear. I have seen them on BBC one news once or twice.

[etech6355]

Going back to my analog days I'm guessing it's something to do with the AGC control of the video signal, which is also based on the black level. This can affect the verical & horizontal sync pulses.
I have an S-VHS tape deck that has TBC & other stabilizing circuitry in it.
Cleans up the old tapes nice.

[sjj1805]

It isn't anything to do with quality as the footage is coming straight from a DV tape. I have tried every configuration 4:3 16:9 on the T.V and DVD recorder, but that shouldn't matter because if I put a DV tape in another (my sister's cheaper camera) camera, these lines don't appear. I have seen them on BBC one news once or twice.

This suggests you have a faulty camera (camcorder) because it it works in your sisters but doesn't work in yours......
It could be the DV tape which may have become badly wound up, picked up some dirt or got stretched. It could be dirty heads on your camcorder.

[2Dogs]

You might try running a head cleaning cassette.

I once had to do that after my camcorder had been hooked up to the pc for video capture using VS. VS has never got on too well with my JVC camcorder, and is apt to put it into a noisy paused condition in which it sounds like the tape is oscillating. Anyway, after one such occasion the camcorder started making noisy recordings, but was cured by running the head cleaning cassette for a few seconds.

(tip - when you're out shooting some video, make sure that your spare blank tape cassette is not in actual fact a head cleaning cassette! )

[Clevo]

I'd also check the cables you are using to connect the camcorder to the DVD recorder. Make sure they are pushed in fully and that the cables are not near other electric cables or near the speakers of the TV.

Ensure scarts are clean too.

Worth a try.