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11-07-2020, 02:00 AM
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Hello,

This is an update to previous threads have made concerning virtualdub not working on Windows 10 (thread here http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...g-windows.html ). And to summarize what I was going to do was that I was going to use a Windows 7 laptop but had an administrator password that was asked when installing drivers. With that being said, I got another Windows 7 laptop (broken screen but works when plugged to external monitor.

As of writing this thread, I have used virtualdub's capturing and it worked well with no crashes nor non-responsive non-sense. Now as you can tell from the title it does have one, fixable, but somewhat annoying problem. It captures VHS tapes at a resolution of 352 x 480 which looks like a rectangle. (See attachment "Original capture")

Now like I said, it is very fixable as I can just go into my video editing program and switch it to 480 x 352. (see attachment "corrected in video editing program") However, it is rather annoying to do that all the time and was wondering if there was a way to fix that minor, inconvenient, issue. Now if it cannot be fixed or is something I have to live with well it is fine with me but was just wondering if there is a way to fix it.

Secondly, I don't remember what thread it was but there was a user who sent this video ( https://youtu.be/sn_TDa9zY1c ). But I do remember LordSmurf saying there was some methods or steps he did no cover on which made me want to ask if there was a thread that covers on deinterlacing and other "techniques" to make the VHS footage better.


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11-07-2020, 02:08 AM
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You never use 480x352, that's compliant to nothing.

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11-07-2020, 02:50 AM
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You never use 480x352, that's compliant to nothing.
Then what should I use for the resolution?
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11-07-2020, 02:53 AM
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For NTSC, an x480, probably 640x480 if you want 4x3 AR.
352x480 is valid, different AR is all.

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11-07-2020, 03:00 AM
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For NTSC, an x480, probably 640x480 if you want 4x3 AR.
352x480 is valid, different AR is all.
I don't recall seeing a 640x480 option in the video settings. As I believe I went to video > capture pin and then change the resolution to whatever.
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capture mode
Video > set custom format
Ideally, you'll use 720x480 for capture.
But 640x480 can be done. Most editors will rightfully say that is an invalid resolution, however.

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