I messed up on part of the workflow above but in my defense m not used to seeing a security system in a digitizing workflow.
The workflow is VCR to USB splitter (MT-VIKI 4 Way 3 RCA Splitter Composite Video Audio Distribution (1 in 4 Out)). Then
Output 1 goes to the security system box which then takes all 16 signals to the security monitor for previewing all 16 signals on one monitor.
Output 2 goes to the Hauppauge HD PVR 2 capture card then ANKR USB hub then to the capture computer.
1 computer for capture, Surviellance system monitor for multi view preview, 2nd computer for archive
This means that the signal is weakened by the splitter before capture and it also means that the preview the tech is seeing isn’t from the output of the capture card but from a split output of the VCR fed into a security system that was meant for composite.
My source said sometimes the splitter would act up and it would hinder the video and audio of the recording.
That’s a big deal. Some newbies may not get why that preview part matters soo much though. Just because you can see something on a system designed for analog doesn’t mean you can capture it on a capture card. Every preview I have heard of besides this goes off of the output of your capture card.
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Figuring out that they are viewing there preview through a composite security system from the VCR and not the capture card makes me think of the OPs comment about he could view all of the tapes he got back on his TV. Well they viewed them the same way. They could see them also. No one views the digitized result until you view it at your house.
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The system they created doesn't allow for editing blue screens. The files transferred to a flash drive and DVD are split into 2 hour increments. If the video had 2 hour and 30 minutes of stuff, then there would be 30 minutes of blue screen at the end of the clip.
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I know I'm responding to my own post now so i'll stop but figuring out this crazy Legacy Box workflow has been eye opening. I knew it was bad but I didn't expect this. I didn't expect the signal split before the card and the way the tech is flying blind as far as the preview and other things.
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Okay this is the last thing. Here’s a video on the company that Legacy Box hired to make the software that is specifically for Legacy Box’s system for their switch to digital around 2016.
https://youtu.be/NquPjE60toA?si=LIO2dtQRFTDC1Oif The company is a jack of all trades company.