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Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 05-11-2022, 08:18 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,662
Posted By msgohan
The black streaks are expected when playing...

The black streaks are expected when playing S-VHS[-C] in a regular VHS[-C] format player.

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Just pointing this out for other readers, not for yourself -- don't worry about what this...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-10-2022, 08:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 680
Posted By msgohan
"6 heads" is just marketing and the S-Video...

"6 heads" is just marketing and the S-Video output probably isn't "real", for what it's worth. (Did Samsung make/rebadge S-VHS decks anywhere in the world?) It sounds like it's just a low-quality...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-07-2022, 02:49 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,992
Posted By msgohan
:question: It is separated, just not at the stage...

:question: It is separated, just not at the stage we want.


As dpalomaki mentioned, it's actually pretty common to find combos that have DVD-exclusive outputs with only composite for a...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-07-2022, 02:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,021
Posted By msgohan
We're looking at a photograph of a monitor...

We're looking at a photograph of a monitor showing a VirtualDub (or other capture program) preview window, right?

For this sort of issue you really want to take all digitization out of the...
Forum: General Discussion 04-25-2022, 01:42 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,065
Posted By msgohan
Happy to help. I wouldn't expect the...

Happy to help.

I wouldn't expect the community TV station to still be hanging onto their VHS equipment. Probably dumped it years ago. But doesn't hurt to find out. This New Brunswick YouTuber uses...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-23-2022, 12:48 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 843
Posted By msgohan
Did some testing with my "VC500CXT" model on...

Did some testing with my "VC500CXT" model on Win10 today.

Can confirm:

Histogram contains spikes at Default levels. For me, Contrast = 5928 seems to be the one and only magic number for a...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-22-2022, 02:44 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 7,317
Posted By msgohan
Exercise for the reader: compare and contrast the...

Exercise for the reader: compare and contrast the two bolded statements.


Exactly how many hours of footage have you fed through vhs-decode's software TBC? From what you've said, it's exactly...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-21-2022, 09:53 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 7,317
Posted By msgohan
So what? "trying to recreate TBC in software...

So what?

"trying to recreate TBC in software has not worked to date, and may never work"

This quote is objectively false, because it has already been done. Your statement said nothing about...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-21-2022, 01:46 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 7,317
Posted By msgohan
Excuse me? :huh1: ld-decode has performed...

Excuse me? :huh1: ld-decode has performed software TBC on the demodulated RF signal since the first prototype code in 2013. If it didn't, the decoded video would warble around nonstop.

ld-decode...
Forum: Videography: Cameras, TVs and Players 04-20-2022, 10:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 927
Posted By msgohan
These "enhancements" may have looked good for CRT...

These "enhancements" may have looked good for CRT viewing back in the day, but for capturing, disable them. (IMO)


Apparently that's "Optimum Picture Control". My Sony offers APC (Adaptive...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-18-2022, 08:09 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 843
Posted By msgohan
If forced to do a YCbCr-RGB-YCbCr round-trip...

If forced to do a YCbCr-RGB-YCbCr round-trip conversion, I would instead avoid expanding and then re-compressing the levels.

ConvertToRGB(matrix="PC.601")
[processing steps]...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-17-2022, 02:57 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,354
Posted By msgohan
Apparently my link went to the Doom9 capture...

Apparently my link went to the Doom9 capture guide Table of Contents instead of this page that I was actually trying to show you: http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/capture/capture_window.html

From...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-11-2022, 03:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 800
Posted By msgohan
They produce mathematically identical output...

They produce mathematically identical output (hence "lossless") so they'd better! :eek:
Forum: Edit Video, Audio 04-11-2022, 03:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,489
Posted By msgohan
Scalers for video games, like the Framemeister,...

Scalers for video games, like the Framemeister, have opposite goals compared to standard video content. For example, nearest-neighbour scaling can look excellent with 2D pixel art games. It looks...
Forum: Encode, Convert for discs 04-11-2022, 03:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 686
Posted By msgohan
QTGMC produces much better quality, but takes...

QTGMC produces much better quality, but takes much, much, much (... much) more processing time.

The original Avisynth is 32-bit only and is no longer developed. Avisynth+ added 64-bit and a bunch...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-11-2022, 02:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 800
Posted By msgohan
For the software, whichever works best for your...

For the software, whichever works best for your capture device and provides captures with no frame drops, with audio in sync, etc.


AmarecTV's interface is godawful, in my opinion. I like...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-11-2022, 02:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,149
Posted By msgohan
You forgot to attach it. :smack::o I...

You forgot to attach it. :smack::o


I think what you want is the WDM driver for ATI All-in-Wonder HD. I would download 10-2_legacy_xp32-64_wdm.rar from lordsmurf's post...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-08-2022, 03:51 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 802
Posted By msgohan
I don't know what you mean by "connectors...

I don't know what you mean by "connectors problem". The ImgSli is using the straight S-Video sample, not the [SCART-AV1-SVIDEO] sample, in case that is what you were meaning.

There are some...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-08-2022, 12:21 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 802
Posted By msgohan
Maybe the SCART to S-Video adapter is poorly...

Maybe the SCART to S-Video adapter is poorly made?

Did you increase the Brightness of the Tevion from the default? The sharpness is set too high as well, but that's probably a default setting like...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-07-2022, 07:35 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 740
Posted By msgohan
Thanks for the suggestions, latreche. It's...

Thanks for the suggestions, latreche.

It's working again, after many power cycles. I have no idea what I did differently on this most recent attempt that changed things.

This time, I took cell...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-06-2022, 10:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,121
Posted By msgohan
Original thread title: "Excellent videos showing...

Original thread title: "Excellent videos showing the exact effects of time base errors & TBC"

Current thread title changed by forum admin at some point: "Examlpes of time base errors & TBCs?"

I...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-06-2022, 02:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 893
Posted By msgohan
From the documentation quote in your previous...

From the documentation quote in your previous post: "Use this feature only for capturing YUV source into an RGB file, or to play an RGB file out to YUV."

The test that you posted should be...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-03-2022, 04:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,217
Posted By msgohan
This means it couldn't find a codec to decompress...

This means it couldn't find a codec to decompress your Huffyuv file.

Presumably you do have a Huffyuv codec installed, since you compressed the file in the first place. Usually what causes this...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-02-2022, 01:50 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 117,291
Posted By msgohan
You really should have started your own thread...

You really should have started your own thread rather than replying to the VirtualDub Settings Guide. Hopefully admin will fix this for us.


DV can be properly flagged so that software players...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-02-2022, 06:30 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 592
Posted By msgohan
It's actually impossible to disable the OSD for...

It's actually impossible to disable the OSD for this VCR...

The usual workaround is to hit Play, then Rewind. The OSD doesn't pop up when exiting visual search. That's what I do for this and other...
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