Trying to capture analog video tapes to digital with Canopus ADVC
I am trying to capture old videos in real time using a CANOPUS AVDC-100 video converter which takes the analog to digital, into a Firewire cable and then my MacPro. The late 2008 tower is all souped up with new SD Drives, lots of additional disks dedicated to video files. I have tried adobe Premier Elements, Premier Pro, iMovie and Blackmagic Intensity Pro. The Intenity Pro card is installed correctly.
If I watch the video on the capture screen and am not importing anything, the video keeps playing despite any glitches or scene changes, If I set CAPTURE to "record" then any slight problem in the tape or even most scene changes switch the capture to "pause" and I then have tp save that clip before continuing. I cannot sit in front of the computer for the 100's of tapes I need to transfer. I have the preference settings under "capture" with all four boxes UNCHECKED, including the one that states " abort capture on dropped frames" which again, is NOT checked. Can anyone suggest another setting that would KEEP CAPTURE ON, no matter what the tape is doing? Do I need to buy something like an AVT-8710 Time Base Corrector to fix this issue with older tapes? |
1st off get rid of the canopus device - it is DV only and DV inst good for VHS captures
capture is best done on Windows with an ATI capture card (macs are not good for capture) and yes you definitely need a TBC either the AVT-8710 or a Datavideo TBC-1000 see this thread about DV (which is what canopus devices use): http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...-lossless.html |
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I took a lossless sample and converted to DV. You would be shocked how much is lost. Consider that VHS quality compared to todays standards is pretty crappy. Then reduce the color sampling to a quarter quality. I have an Intensity Pro Shuttle, which is pretty much the same hardware. Use that on 8-bit .avi at minimum with either the Blackmagic software or one of the supported programs. I recommend Blackmagic's software because it is very simple. You click capture and it does its job. File sizes will be much larger than DV, but even if you convert to x264 or Mpeg2 later, you will still have a much better video than DV. Quote:
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The secret formula for quality capturing is:
An ideal capture setup is: - good S-VHS VCR from JVC or Panasonic, see http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ing-guide.html - good TBC, see http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...time-base.html - good capture card, preferable ATI AIW, see also http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ti-wonder.html - or good LSI Logic chipset DVD recorder, the JVC especially, see also http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ipset-dvd.html - s-video connections for everything The Canopus ADVC is not a quality card for NTSC -- PAL only. (I always cheat and look at forum member IPs. You're in the USA, so you're NTSC.) This is what I wrote on that other thread: Quote:
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