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06-25-2021, 01:55 PM
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OK here is the first of the different scenarios I have captured to make this more scientific.

These stills are with the LTBC ON, TBC1000 OFF (scenario 2 above)


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06-25-2021, 02:06 PM
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Ltbc off, tbc1000 off


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06-25-2021, 02:10 PM
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Ltbc off, tbc1000 on


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06-25-2021, 05:01 PM
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That's the quality of the recording on the tape, there is nothing you can do about it, all scenarios has the same chroma noise.
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06-26-2021, 04:53 AM
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Thank you. Did you say earlier that a LTBC can minimise this noise? If so do you see any noticeable difference with the LTBC ON?
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06-26-2021, 10:13 AM
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To observe line TBC in action you have to post short clips, See my recent thread about a line TBC in action video.
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06-26-2021, 11:29 AM
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There is a fair bit of color noise in both cases, but it looks like the TBC-1000 is increasing the saturation making it more noticeable. It's possible the differences between the TV and PC monitor make it more noticeable on the TV.

The FS200 does not have digital noise reduction like in the TBC/DNR function in the newer JVC SVHS decks (one of those is demonstrated in latreche34 other thread). The line-TBC won't reduce color noise on it's own (On bad tapes it may make it easier for the video decoder in the next device in the chain to decode the color correctly, that doesn't look like an issue here though.) The FS200 has analog chroma noise reduction but it's usually way less effective than the 3D digital one in later SVHS VCRs as it's only looking for changes between a line or two, rather than being able to look at differences between whole fields like the 3D DNR is. (The downside of the 3D DNR in the JVC SVHS decks is that it can cause some ghosting between fields/frames.) That said, vcr issues or aging electronics can make it worse.

There is post-processing you can do to reduce the noise, tools like avisynth have a plethora of noise reduction filters, though I've found that even the simple HQDN3D denoiser that comes with ffmpeg and by extension tons of open source video tools can be surprisingly effective on it. If you are doing any post-processing it's useful to capture in a lossless format and compress to something else after any post-processing.
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06-26-2021, 12:52 PM
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Thank you

@Hodgey, when you say the TBC-1000 is increasing the saturation, could it point to a fault with the TBC1000?
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06-27-2021, 09:52 AM
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A faulty input board or connection of a TBC can increase noise, mess with luma, which has a side effect of increaseing saturation and chroma noise. But that should be somewhat obvious if the TBC is at fault, by viewing both with and without TBC, at least directly to TV and to capture card.

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06-27-2021, 10:21 AM
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Thank you @lordsmurf. Is there an obvious fault with the TBC1000 from the stills I posted ?
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06-29-2021, 03:49 PM
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Can you make me some side-by-side images? I can't take time to click around hunting.

Just label like this:
LTNC ON, TBC1000 removed -- LTBC OFF with TBC1000 -- etc
image -- image -- image
image -- image -- image

Just do 3-4 images stacked like that. Put in a zip file. Attach to forum post.

What I'm seeing here is mottled chroma noise. The "white" is probably the only part of the image that's true to the content. But the tape, or the VCR, is making non-white have chroma noise casting.

The TBC input could be at fault. Open it, gently jiggle it while on and connected, so if it is changes quality. Odds are it does.

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06-29-2021, 04:44 PM
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Thank you

@Hodgey, when you say the TBC-1000 is increasing the saturation, could it point to a fault with the TBC1000?
Not necessarily no, it seems these tbc units often do increase saturation a little by default. If it's just increasing saturation a little it's possible to lower it either with the capture card's level settings or with post-processing as long as it has not been boosted enough to be clipping.

Is the vcr noise filter setting set to edit, off(the default) or on? Aging electronics in the VCR can result in worse chroma noise, though it may just the tape in this case too. VHS color is very susceptible to noise due to how the format works, so VCRs would have circuitry to reduce it to various degrees, especially on higher end ones.
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06-30-2021, 03:00 PM
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Right ok, following Lordsmurf's request for the same frame in a single image, I have done this for 1 frame. The sequence is as follows in a clockwise direction starting TOP LEFT:

LTBC OFF, TBC OFF
LTBC OFF, TBC ON
LTBC ON, TBC ON
LTBC ON, TBC OFF

I can do more frames if needed. Thanks for your assessment and feedback

Jiggling the wires inside the TBC while it is on makes no noticable difference


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06-30-2021, 05:37 PM
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The forum software makes the image too small.
Either stack vertical, attach again.
Or put the larger original in zip file, attach that.

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06-30-2021, 05:51 PM
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Does this work better ?

1.14 = LTBC ON, TBC1000 ON
13 = LTBC OFF, TBC1000 OFF
1.18 = LTBC OFF, TBC1000 ON
18 = LTBC ON, TBC1000 OFF


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No.
I need to see all 4 together, same time, full size.

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06-30-2021, 06:38 PM
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My apologies, is this better ?

1) LTBC OFF, TBC1000 OFF
2) LTBC OFF, TBC1000 ON
3) LTBC ON, TBC1000 OFF
4) LTBC ON, TBC1000 ON


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What does "TBC1000 OFF" mean? Did you remove it from the workflow?

No TBCs at all = blown out whites/highlights.

The other 3 images are similar, full of yellow splotch chroma noise, and it's the content (or the VCR).

I don't think the TBC has anything to do with it.

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Your VCR has more chroma noise when LTBC/DNR is on and no chroma noise when it's off, something wrong with your VCR.
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@Lordsmurf, TBC1000 OFF means removed from the workflow and directly into the ATI capture card. Apologies for not making this clear

@latreche34, thank you for the information. What I don't understand, however, is when the LTBC is OFF and the TBC1000 is connected, why the same amount of noise appears. Is this a fault with the VCR as well as the TBC1000 ?
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