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Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-28-2026, 10:00 AM

Replies: 21 Archival capture comparison for EP VHS? Views: 330 Posted By vwestlife It's impossible to judge anything accurately when... It's impossible to judge anything accurately when you're pointing a camera the the screen rather than doing an actual screenshot by pressing PrtSc and pasting it into a file... or, better yet, using...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-28-2026, 09:51 AM

Replies: 5 ATI 600 USB: histogram gaps, sharpness settings? Views: 114 Posted By vwestlife The VCR's menu is electronically generated and... The VCR's menu is electronically generated and isn't going to contain all the colors of the rainbow. The character generator chip probably only has 8 or 16 colors in its palette.

Forum: Edit Video, Audio 05-28-2026, 09:45 AM

Replies: 5 Using VirtualDub Views: 111 Posted By vwestlife MP4 isn't a "format", it's just a container file... MP4 isn't a "format", it's just a container file that can contain any number of different codecs. These days it's most often associated with the H.264 Advanced Video Codec (AVC). VirtualDub has a...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-27-2026, 01:07 PM

Replies: 4 Weird posterisation effect, possible causes? Views: 120 Posted By vwestlife How does it look when connected to a TV instead... How does it look when connected to a TV instead of your capture setup?

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-27-2026, 08:35 AM

Replies: 15 Conventional vs. vhs-decode comparison! (cartoon + live action) Views: 344 Posted By vwestlife Decode is not necessary to capture the closed... Decode is not necessary to capture the closed captioning. Many DVD recorders and other MPEG2 capture devices will preserve the closed captioning and sometimes even XDS...

Forum: General Discussion 05-22-2026, 10:10 AM

Replies: 9 Ultimate VHS transfer project: 35 years of TV news? Views: 2,689 Posted By vwestlife I'm pretty sure VCR/DVD/HDD combo decks... I'm pretty sure VCR/DVD/HDD combo decks automatically stop recording when the VCR either encounters a few minutes of blank tape or the physical end of the tape. These tapes would be a treasure...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-21-2026, 12:27 PM

Replies: 3 Panasonic Blu-Ray VCR - junk? Views: 146 Posted By vwestlife My go-to capture device isn't a card at all, it's... My go-to capture device isn't a card at all, it's the A/V input mode of a Sony DCR-SR100 camcorder. It captures from composite or S-video, has a TBC, and saves the video in 9 Mbps MPEG2 files. The...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-21-2026, 12:21 PM

Replies: 9 Is the ClearClick good or bad? Views: 228 Posted By vwestlife You can use ffmpeg to fix the aspect ratio... You can use ffmpeg to fix the aspect ratio without re-encoding the video, but it's a hassle. Like this: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -aspect 4:3 -c copy output.mp4

Forum: Edit Video, Audio 05-20-2026, 03:06 PM

Replies: 6 Editing Sony Digital8 DV transfers? Views: 184 Posted By vwestlife Probably because one device was set to 12-bit/32... Probably because one device was set to 12-bit/32 kHz audio mode and another was set to 16-bit/48 kHz audio mode.

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-20-2026, 08:54 AM

Replies: 14 How/why capture 60 frames per second? Views: 376 Posted By vwestlife Also for quite a while it was normal practice to... Also for quite a while it was normal practice to shoot on film and then transfer to videotape for editing and distribution, which will have you banging your head against the wall if you try to do...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-20-2026, 08:36 AM

Replies: 9 Is the ClearClick good or bad? Views: 228 Posted By vwestlife These standalone devices also capture the video... These standalone devices also capture the video as 720x480 but without the proper aspect ratio flag set in the file's metadata, so it plays as square-pixel video and ends up horizontally stretched.

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-20-2026, 08:34 AM

Replies: 3 Panasonic Blu-Ray VCR - junk? Views: 146 Posted By vwestlife The HDMI output of the Panasonic won't work with... The HDMI output of the Panasonic won't work with a capture card, because it has HDCP (High Definition Content Protection) applied to it, even when playing non-Macrovision-encoded tapes. HDMI capture...

Forum: Edit Video, Audio 05-20-2026, 08:22 AM

Replies: 6 Editing Sony Digital8 DV transfers? Views: 184 Posted By vwestlife Back in the day (2000s-early 2010s?) many video... Back in the day (2000s-early 2010s?) many video editing programs offered "smart rendering" of DV video, in which only modified frames of the video would be re-encoded, and the rest would be passed...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-15-2026, 08:03 AM

Replies: 14 How/why capture 60 frames per second? Views: 376 Posted By vwestlife The "soap opera effect" is so named because... The "soap opera effect" is so named because that's the way live and videotapes TV actually looked back in the analog era -- smooth, fluid video at either 50 fields per second for PAL or 60 for NTSC...

Forum: General Discussion 05-13-2026, 09:21 AM

Replies: 10 Step-down transformer for Japanese video gear? Views: 228 Posted By vwestlife Open it up and see if the power supply has an... Open it up and see if the power supply has an easy way to be changed to 120 volt input, such as by moving a soldered jumper on the circuit board the internal transformer is connected to.

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-11-2026, 08:30 AM

Replies: 5 Why not capture VHS in 640 x 480? Views: 174 Posted By vwestlife You don't need to resize to 640x480 to get 4:3... You don't need to resize to 640x480 to get 4:3 aspect ratio. You just need to use a file format with the 4:3 aspect ratio flag, and software which abides by that. Unfortunately some modern video...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-11-2026, 08:24 AM

Replies: 7 Does this MP4 recorder work? Views: 172 Posted By vwestlife That's a cheap A/V to HDMI converter combined... That's a cheap A/V to HDMI converter combined with a cheap HDMI capture device. Expect to get video with exaggerated contrast (crushed blacks, blown out highlights) that is stretched-out to...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-06-2026, 02:24 PM

Replies: 24 Hi8 image alternates blue and static, but sound ok? Views: 391 Posted By vwestlife Not having Digital8 would've only further slowed... Not having Digital8 would've only further slowed the migration from analog to digital. Even with Sony purposely removing stereo sound and hi-res image sensors from their analog Hi8 camcorders as soon...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 05-06-2026, 10:51 AM

Replies: 24 Hi8 image alternates blue and static, but sound ok? Views: 391 Posted By vwestlife Sony was part of the consortium who created DV in... Sony was part of the consortium who created DV in the first place. They had been selling MiniDV camcorders for several years before introducing Digital8. Digital8 was introduced to provide a lower...

Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 05-04-2026, 03:10 PM

Replies: 8 Removing black shadow to right of white text? Views: 263 Posted By vwestlife Are you sure that's not a deliberate drop-shadow... Are you sure that's not a deliberate drop-shadow effect on the chyron? It may have been done intentionally to make the text more readable on a fuzzy CRT TV.

Forum: Restore, Filter, Improve Quality 04-28-2026, 09:45 AM

Replies: 10 How to remove colorless bar on left side of screen? Views: 187 Posted By vwestlife In the days of 3-tube cameras, it was difficult... In the days of 3-tube cameras, it was difficult to get the red, green, and blue tubes perfectly aligned in the visible area, let alone in the overscan area which no one saw. Somewhere out there is a...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-28-2026, 09:36 AM

Replies: 13 Ringing sound in audio? Views: 327 Posted By vwestlife I just got a 2003 JVC S-VHS/DVD combo unit for $7... I just got a 2003 JVC S-VHS/DVD combo unit for $7 at the thrift store. When I get a chance I'll see if it has the same crappy linear audio as my other JVC, which is definitely not a "prosumer" model...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-24-2026, 08:19 AM

Replies: 13 Ringing sound in audio? Views: 327 Posted By vwestlife This video has a comparison of how an early 2000s... This video has a comparison of how an early 2000s JVC S-VHS VCR and a late 1990s Panasonic VHS VCR, both consumer-grade models, handle linear mono audio on an LP recording made on a 1987 Goldstar...

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-23-2026, 10:46 AM

Replies: 13 Ringing sound in audio? Views: 327 Posted By vwestlife My JVC S-VHS VCR also has unusually bad-sounding... My JVC S-VHS VCR also has unusually bad-sounding linear audio, especially at EP speed. Muffled, lots of hiss, and high-frequency whistling ("birdies"). But hi-fi audio sounds fine at any speed.

Forum: Capture, Record, Transfer 04-22-2026, 07:53 AM

Replies: 6 Capturing with Pinnacle 510 USB? Views: 293 Posted By vwestlife To fix that problem, set VirtualDub to "Preview... To fix that problem, set VirtualDub to "Preview (system)" rather than "Overlay".

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