Hi there,
Brand new to this, came here from Reddit. I'm tasked with converting all of the home video footage
(about 30-40 VHS-C tapes, and 20 MiniDV). Now for the Mini-DV, I've bought a firewire card but the cable it came with doesn't seem to fit into the ilink port on my Sony HandyCam. I ordered another one off
ebay, hopefully that fits right (its the 1339ee whatever thing). I would appreciate some tutorial/link for how to transfer over firewire if you have it btw.
Now the problem is with the VHS-C tapes of course. I just ordered a new adapter because the old Panasonic one we have was dropping frames when VCR is just hooked up to the TV. The new adapter seemed to have fixed that issue.
However, now i'm trying to capture the footage. I'm using a blackmagic intensity pro 4k (lordsmurf if you're reading this I know you're disappointed and I wish I saw your advice on capture cards before I bought it).
The VCR I have is a brand new never before used Toshiba my parents bought from BestBuy, very last unit they had ever. Specific model: Toshiba sd-v296ku
It's not that great, it only has component and svideo out for the DVD, not the VCR. I am stuck with composite.
Anyways, the adapter I got (which was supposed to be a Konig, but I got some weird Dutch brand instead???) plays in the VCR fine, but in BlackMagic media capture, It's flickering black a lot.
Now the kicker here is that I took the old Panasonic Camcorder which recorded all of these VHS-C tapes, and played it through that. I set it to VCR mode, and connected it, and voila no black flickering! Also if I connect the Camcorder to the VCR input, and then the VCR to the blackmagic, again no more black flickering!
Bottom line, I don't have a crazy budget here. I don't want to end up spending thousands investing in VCR's off
ebay and TBC's. I'd like to set a max budget of $500 for myself (that's gone up quickly from 300 lol) and hopefully I'm able to return this blackmagic and get something else. Part of my frustration is just how freaking hard it is to find any "new" products, because I can't afford to spend money on something and then more money to get it repaired. Or get a computer and install Windows XP on it for the drivers sake.
I'm honestly pretty okay with how the quality is coming from the Camcorder directly into the BlackMagic but I know that there's probably more quality available. Really appreciate any help, advice, and feedback. Thanks!