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rocko 04-04-2012 01:14 AM

"Wavy Lines" Problem when capturing videos to computer [SOLVED]
 
In earlier posts I mentioned "Wavy Jiggling Lines" on my captures with ATI AIW card. Found out why computer and HDMI cables have those little "barrels" on each end. They are Ferrite coils, designed to keep those long cables from picking up and transmitting RFI or radio/electrical interference/noise to connected equipment. It has been a huge issue with HAM Radio operators for years now. So anyway,with help from DFAQ Staff, I found out it was RFI on my captures. Then I noticed that there were no little "barrels" on my S-Video cables OR on the input-block cable to my ATI AIW Card. So I went to local Electronics Warehouse and asked if they had any Add-On Barrels for cables,And was shown CLIP ON FERRITE CORES!! I got a few,tried them one on each end of the ATI Cable,AND Presto!!! A very noticeable reduction of those pesky interference lines!(not complete,but almost!)...So I went back and bought all that they had left!!!,put them on my S-Video cables that are in the video-chain,and they helped a lot!!! (not bad for a $1.50 per unit!!)....By the way,the ones they had just happened to be just the right size to fit snug around my cables!!!..Just Google "FERRITE CORES" or "FERRITE SUPPRESSORS" and a lot of Info and Dealers pop up!!...(The cores were a little big for the AIW cable,so I used zip-ties on both ends of cores to keep from sliding up or down the cable.

kpmedia 04-04-2012 04:24 AM

I appreciate your sharing this. :)

There's an issue here with one workstation, and has been a nuisance for a few months.
I may buy up a handful of them from Parts-Express.com: http://www.parts-express.com/wizards...AT&srchCat=301

Not sure which ones I need, so I'll just grab about 6 of each size. :D

rocko 04-04-2012 11:25 PM

Glad to help,..And I also put my Capture PC,VCR,and AVTOOLBOX on a "Printer Cart" and rolled the whole shot over as far away as I could from my other PC, which generates most of the RFI that was getting into my captures! (Both PC's were 1 or 2 feet apart before,with APC UPS in Between them!) Still have to test capture now,with new set-up,turning the Offending PC On and Off to see if wavy lines are there, Before my only option was to leave the offending PC Off during capture,but that's the PC I plan to use for Editing and stuff,while the other is capturing!!

kpmedia 04-05-2012 04:40 AM

I found the issue yesterday. :)

It was a component* cable that had gone bad. It not only interrupted the video on its final leg to the TV monitor, but it was feeding backwards and upstream to earlier devices in the workflow. Remember that wires are bidirectional, so interference can flow backwards. I pulled a new set of cables from the closet, and we're back in business at that workstation. The old ones now occupy the bottom of an office trashcan.

While I don't need those suppressors, I'm still going to buy a handful -- just in case. It's always nice to have gear on-hand before it's actually needed, like the component cables pulled from the closet today. That way work or production doesn't halt while you wait for a part to come in the mail. Or have to waste a day (or more) driving within a multi-state radius to get a specific part.

Yes, component -- not composite or s-video. ;)


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