White streaks when capturing Hi8?
 

Camera: CCD-TRV107E PAL
Capture device: USB-Live2 from Hauppauge
VirtualDub version: 1.9.11
Additional info:

• No separate TBC device
• Camera TBC on
• DNR on

Recently bought the USB-Live2 capture device. Followed the instructions for installing VirtualDub and Huffyuv, and followed this to set it up.

When video was captured there were horizontal lines on the video.
Attached.

Is this a hardware issue (i.e. faulty camera or S-video cable)? Or is there some setting I configured incorrectly? The images attached are the settings I've changed

Are you referring to interlacing?

But what I mostly see is exposure issues.

That Hauppauge card is not great. It's the "best" of the cards sold new on Amazon (along with GV-USB2), but that's not saying much. Both cards have multiple issues, both in image quality and in usage.

Not having a "separate" (frame) TBC can be an issue. Any tape can have anti-copy issues, because anti-copy is just an artificial video error. But natural errors can, and do, appear the same to capture cards. So problems ensure. Thus the need to purify the signal with frame TBC. Realize that line TBC (in the camcorder) is just for visual corrections, no signal corrections. When it comes to TBC, you need both. If you're just totally against buying a frame TBC (ie, insisting on making your own capture life harder), then the capture card choice becomes even more important. You must have a card that doesn't choke at the first sign of signal error. And Hauppauge Live2 is probably one of the touchiest cards, no resiliency. And that's the exact reason I have specific Pinnacle cards in the marketplace, as those give the resiliency needed.

At this time, the camera is likely fine.
The s-video cables are likely fine.
The #1 culprit for image quality issues here is capture card.

... but again, also understanding what interlacing is.
Have a look at this: https://www.digitalFAQ.com/guides/vi...ifferences.htm

Heads wear i'd say, but maybe playing a cleaning tape will solve it

It's hard to tell from that clip, but it looks like it's a camera special effect used during shooting, Post a normal clip like nature, humans or animals?

- bad capture card values detection
- bad/dirty camera heads
- in-camera special effects that you forgot (or were never aware of)

Yep, typical troubleshooting so far. :)

To further eliminate:
- More clips needed, preferably from different tapes.
- Also view on a TV, bypassing capture card.
- Patience, luck.

Hi all. Thanks for the responses. I've since tried a few things since the last post.

1. Viewed on a TV
2. Tried a composite/RCA cord
3. Verified if there were in-camera special effects active when viewing
4. Tried another capture device for comparison

Viewing on a TV:
When viewing on my TV, it definitely looked good i.e. looked exactly how I imagined it to look like. The brightness, saturation, and contrast seemed well balanced. Unfortunately I didn't know how else to capture it, but here are clips of me recording the TV:

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Composite cord:
Setting the video source to composite and using a new AV to RCA cable (bought new ones since the previous ones were faulty), it looked like it had less interlacing or was less glitchy.

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In-camera special effects:
I can confirm no special effects were used during playback (there's no option of it) nor during recording (since I factory reset the camera a while back)

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Trying another capture card:
I tried recording with another capture device to test if the RCA cables I originally had were faulty (they were). I used a cheap capture device that I bought 2 years ago when I first attempted to convert my tapes. Unlike USB-Live2 this device didn't give me options regarding a video source nor for a video standard (e.g. PAL, NTSC). Additionally its output resolution was 720x576 rather than 768x576 like USB-Live2. If I'm reading this thread correctly, I suppose it doesn't matter if it's 720 since "768 is just the Square Pixel EQUIVALENT to 720's native non-square pixels"?

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Interestingly though, when I plugged in my camera directly to the TV for a live feed, the video from the cheap capture card seemed to be closer to what it looked like on CRT. The one captured with USB-Live2 seemed more "washed out." Thanks again for all the answers so far.