Video tearing on VHS capture is TBC issue?

[gloubu]

I have 2 tapes that I'm having issues with.

Most of my tapes I'm having zero issues with. I have a Windows XP Dell system, VirtubalDub 1.9.11, good Sony VCR and ATI 600 USB. With all that I am getting results shown in the video attached... "tearing"

When I directly plug the VCR into a TV via composite cable. No problem at all, clear image.

Is the capture card having an issue with the tape? Timing issue? Need a TBC for this particular tape?

[latreche34]

That's not tearing, It's line timing errors, A good player with line TBC and S-Video out should fix the problem, if not an ES10/15 in the workflow may help fix the problem.

[lordsmurf]

Lack of line TBC is visual issue.

But there are also dropped frames happening, which is lack of frame TBC in the workflow.

Capturing VHS starts with a good VCR (actual "good", not just what a random person thinks is unqualified "good"), which almost always means S-VHS VCR with line TBC. At worst, certain non-TBC S-VHS decks, or some isolated VHS decks, paired with ES10/15.

Avoiding a frame TBC is usually an exercise futility, time wasting by searching. There are some TBC(ish) options, using ES10/15 with a few other devices like DVK, as a budget option (but with quality-lowering side effects not found in actual TBCs).