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Forum: Video Hardware Repair 12-20-2022, 05:37 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,296
Posted By MrPete
Capacitors, manuals for AG-1980P and AG-5710? [GUIDE]

Now it's my turn to contribute a little bit to this community.

I've got an AG-5710p. I have service manuals for both the 5710 and 1980.

I've done a BIG pile of research:

cap replacement...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 01-26-2020, 09:56 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 846
Posted By sanlyn
Bad stuff that novices and pros don't expect

More Bad Tape Chronicles
Film Damage and Flood of Spots & Dropouts.


The source VHS is a very bad retail digital remaster (an amateur could get a cleaner encode, IMO). Has a ton of compression...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 01-16-2020, 01:35 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 31,073
Posted By lordsmurf
Video8/Hi8/Digital8/DV/Betamax Buying Guide for quality conversion

This post is work in progress...

Hi8 stereo with TBC and s-video:
CCD-TRV62
CCD-TRV65
CCD-TRV66
CCD-TRV67
CCD-TRV72
CCD-TRV82
CCD-TRV85
Forum: Project Planning, Workflows 11-19-2019, 07:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,372
Posted By lordsmurf
The 2-device chain of Blaupunkt RTV 950 > JVC...

The 2-device chain of Blaupunkt RTV 950 > JVC DR-M10 DVD will probably fail, but not because of either device not being quality. Some sort of TBC must exist in the middle, be it the minimal TBC(ish)...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 08-15-2019, 12:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,022
Posted By jwillis84
I've spent some more time understanding the...

I've spent some more time understanding the problem and solution now.

The Turtle Beach Santa Cruz has Left and Right and Front and Back "mixers" within its driver software.

The "default"...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 08-14-2019, 11:46 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,022
Posted By jwillis84
Fix for silent ATI AIW USB 2.0N?

I just got an ATI USB 2.0 TV Wonder, also called an ATI AIW USB2.0 that produced (No audio on capture)

This is the little grey box with a Theater 200 chip in it that works ('perfectly') with...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 05-24-2019, 07:49 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,162
Posted By sanlyn
The majority of Avisynth users still use Avisynth...

The majority of Avisynth users still use Avisynth v2.6. A huge number of popular plugins, both old and new, will work OK with it.
The majority of VirtualDub users still use v1.9.11
The overwhelming...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-20-2019, 10:04 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,672
Posted By sanlyn
Sorry for the delay. Bad storm here, no phone or...

Sorry for the delay. Bad storm here, no phone or internet yesterday or today. Working now from a Starbucks from my laptop, but it's so sloooooow for posting.


Problems with garbage like CMOS...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 03-12-2019, 10:21 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 7,740
Posted By sanlyn
That's understandable. However, your questions...

That's understandable. However, your questions revealed that you're still in a very basic learning stage, so my first stream of answers and those of other readers were intended to give you some sort...
Forum: Marketplace 10-22-2018, 11:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,031
Posted By deter
lordsmurf, The black levels on the TBC really...

lordsmurf, The black levels on the TBC really depends on the unit per say. Sometimes it is fixable and other times it is just the machine. The AG1980P differs from the AG 1980. Some of the capacitors...
Forum: General Discussion 03-07-2018, 10:47 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,250
Posted By lordsmurf
My VCR tracking grading scale!

When I test VCRs, I give tracking a grade on a simple A/B/C/F scale -- just like school. :P

I have a battery of test tapes, retail and homemade, made on many different VCRs models and brands from...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-06-2018, 12:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,818
Posted By lordsmurf
Part of this will be for you to understand what...

Part of this will be for you to understand what the settings actually do.

Picture Mode = NR
- edit = OFF
- sharp = minimal NR + edge sharpening (causes halos)
- soft = heavy NR
- auto/norm =...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 01-12-2018, 01:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,284
Posted By jwillis84
I'd suggest a recommendation Lordsmurf has made...

I'd suggest a recommendation Lordsmurf has made to me in the past, and to other people.

At the first sign of the "Loading" problem.. (unplug) the unit!

You don't know for sure if its the DVD...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 02-03-2017, 11:45 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,527
Posted By sanlyn
Yes, iI does take some looking about here and...

Yes, iI does take some looking about here and there to pick up the seemingly endless details when you first get involved with these projects. But things do settle down more quickly than you'd think....
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 09-22-2016, 08:42 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,217
Posted By sanlyn
Okay, long post over 2 morning coffees. But your...

Okay, long post over 2 morning coffees. But your plight was reminiscent of my own and kept me up late with a parade of memories. Maybe the following thoughts will help:

Congrats on finding that...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-23-2016, 01:11 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 15,354
Posted By sanlyn
Thanks for the input and mp4 sample, LS. I...

Thanks for the input and mp4 sample, LS.

I wouldn't know of a stabilizer that won't have fits with the top and bottom of the sample. Most of the time I use one to correct a frame hop or two, or...
Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-22-2016, 09:03 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 15,354
Posted By sanlyn
Uh-oh, another long one. Information overload. ...

Uh-oh, another long one. Information overload.

The Night Gathering.avi sample is a workable capture. There's not much noise other than the usual combing effects. Consumer cameras didn't interlace...
Forum: General Discussion 04-21-2016, 02:01 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 23,499
Posted By lordsmurf
I didn't want to do this yet, as it's not tested,...

I didn't want to do this yet, as it's not tested, and my install guide isn't done.

Attached are (most of) my current plugins from "C:\Program Files (x86)\AviSynth\plugins" on my main system. You...
Forum: General Discussion 04-19-2016, 01:36 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 23,499
Posted By lordsmurf
Here you go. Attached. :congrats: It's...

Here you go. Attached. :congrats:


It's source dependent. While this line often works, sometimes it does not. If the footage is muddy or lacking good color, it's not going to work well, or at...
Forum: Edit Video, Audio 08-14-2015, 04:40 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 12,284
Posted By sanlyn
There's no way I would go along with that guide...

There's no way I would go along with that guide you refer to. Seen it. No, thanks.

If you removed 8 pixels from the bottom of a 720x576 capture and resized the remainder, you filled the frame but...
Forum: General Discussion 05-10-2014, 02:34 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 23,499
Posted By lordsmurf
Coming Soon: lordsmurf's Avisynth processing guides!

From now on, I'll be handling the video guides here again. I've been inactive on this front for far too long -- even before my medical episode from 2012 that grounded me for 18+ months (too much...
Forum: Edit Video, Audio 05-09-2012, 03:50 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 24,185
Posted By kpmedia
How to Properly Crop the Overscan in VirtualDub [GUIDE]

As anybody converting VHS tapes to DVDs/Youtube quickly discovers, the video signal contains a lot of junk on the edges of the screen -- noise not seen when it was played on a television. This is...
Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 08-15-2011, 11:11 AM
Replies: 229
Views: 228,492
Posted By admin
Yikes! That's actually a wee bit pricey for an...

Yikes! That's actually a wee bit pricey for an ATI AIW card these days, even if it is for the PCI express bus lines. In all honesty, the reason ATI cards were so pricey ($300+ new) was because of the...
Forum: Video Hardware Repair 04-03-2011, 06:04 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 4,895
Posted By jbd5010
JVC DR-M10 service manuals + schematics [DOWNLOAD]

Admin-- DR-M10 and DR-MH30 service manuals + schematics attached so you can add it to the service manual thread, etc.

So you either need the JIG RCU or the magic firmware update CD to do things...
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