BLACK BAR http://greatvalleyhouse.com/ulead_problem.htm

[BensonJL]

Click on http://greatvalleyhouse.com/ulead_problem.htm to see bad images captured

I am using Ulead Movie Factory 3.0 SE with a Hauppage Win TV PVR 150 board. The image I view with WinTV2000 is great. When I go into capture mode with Ulead there is a black area (vertical bar) down the left side of the image (see bad images here http://greatvalleyhouse.com/ulead_problem.htm

I have installed the Ulead upgrade [dmf3_hauppauge_wintvpvr_pci.exe] but then it won’t capture anything with the hauppage plug in. I had to reinstall the software I got with the Hauppage board. The black portion on the left of the video image is in the final DVD when viewed with Power DVD or other players, it looks OK on TV with a standard DVD player. The Ulead Movie Factory I am using is what came in the box with the PVR 150 Ulead Movie Factory 3.0 SE

I have a Gateway 503GR with a "Lite-On DVDRW DOHW-832S" DVD drive and a "Hauppage WinTV PRV 150" as the capture device.

[Bobm03]

~~SNIP~~The black portion on the left of the video image is in the final DVD when viewed with Power DVD or other players, it looks OK on TV with a standard DVD player.

The "black bar," as seen on your computer screen, is masked (out) when you see it on TV. This is normal. All TVs mask out a portion at the edges of the image. Computers show "everything."

This is not a problem created by software, hardware or anything you've done. It just shows the difference between the computer screen and the TV screen.

Incidentally, you bring up the noise or "tearing" at the top of the image. You might be able to remove this by adjusting the tracking control on your VCR. It's also often caused by the tape's having been stretched over the years. It doesn't look too serious, however, and will probably be masked out when the DVD is shown on a TV.

[BensonJL]

Bobm03
The tearing at the top of the screen was from live TV not from tape so it has nothing to do with tracking. The second Tape image did not have tearing.
I do not undertand what you are telling me. I cannot belive the black bar is normal when I watch the DVD with Power DVD on the PC. If I get a store bought DVD "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and play that on the PC there is no Black Bar

[maddrummer3301]

I capture analog using an "ATI Wonder pci card".
I can capture in MF but find it best to capture with software that is designed
to address the capture device directly since they designed the device.
In my case that would be the ATI personnal recorder.
Then I import the captured file into MF3/4. The file is captured at dvd compliant specs so the whole dvd creation process goes quite fast.

I would use the software that's made by the manufacture to capture and
then import those videos into MF.

Hope this helps,

MD

[Bobm03]

Bobm03
The tearing at the top of the screen was from live TV not from tape so it has nothing to do with tracking. The second Tape image did not have tearing.

That, to me, was unclear. Sorry. It probably originated with the live broadcast, but because you saw the original on TV, it was masked out.

I do not undertand what you are telling me. I cannot belive the black bar is normal when I watch the DVD with Power DVD on the PC. If I get a store bought DVD "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" and play that on the PC there is no Black Bar

Your "Hitchhiker's Guide" DVD is a digital original, not from an analogue broadcast and then converted. Two different processes are involved. The "black bar" is there in an analogue capture. You will see it on a computer screen. You will not see it on a TV screen.

Rather than taking my time and yours talking further about two of the absolutes of and the differences between computer and television screens, I refer you to this link for discussion about overscan and masking and your "problem." It was here that I learned about "it" some time ago and also learned never to let "it" bother me.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/dvdguides/cap ... m#overscan

I check out my "home made" DVDs from video tapes or broadcast TV (captured with a Hauppauge 250 card, edited using VideoReDo, fancied up as required with MF 3.5) on the computer (using Ulead DVD player where I see the annoying black bar), and watch them using a regular DVD player hooked up to the TV (where I see nothing but satisfaction).

Bob

[BensonJL]

Bob
Thank you very much for taking the time to provide some much needed guidance to a newbie at making DVDs. I am now poised on reburning a number of DVDs for the third time. Solution number 1 was a new VCR, Solution number 2 was use DVD-R labeled media, looks like I can move forward now, again.

Thanks

[sjj1805]

Benson,
Have you tried recording with WinTV2000. Although VS9 can record from the hauppauge card I have found it is nowhere near as good as the purpose built recorder built into WnTv2000. Having recorded your video you then use VS9 to edit and create your DVD.