VirtualDub VCR Input checkbox?

[Spektre]

Under "Capture Filters" there is a checkbox for "VCR Input"

It is shown grayed out in the guide. It is not for me. What is this for?

[Aya_Rei]

Here's a thread about it https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vid...t-setting.html

Bottom line, basically does diddly squat.

[lordsmurf]

Setting does nothing. Never implemented, ghost setting.

Why still visible?
- some software/documentation added it in expectation -- but then never removed it

But even after this was known, it may still be visible. Why?
- some software is created by idiots (example = Pinnacle Studio, infamous junkware)
- some documentation is written by idiots (non-video "copywriters" that know very little about the item/subject being written about)

[Gary34]

That botton probably doesn’t do anything. I tried it and it didn’t do anything for me but it’s something that I can only find the thread that was already linked about. That thread isn’t really certain if that button does anything. Someone could test it with a regular VCR and see if it helps the signal. I don’t want to because I don’t think it is good on a card to feed it that kind of signal. It might have some affect. I can’t find much information either way.