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Originally Posted by jmac698
I understand what these terms mean, but I don't know why you had to adjust them, in the 80's workflow.
y/c delay will shift the color relative to the b/w version of the image. The colors are much wider than the edges, so a good compromise is to align the colors to bleed evenly on both sides of an edge. This can be done easily in software though.
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Ok, so it sounds like I can leave this to software then to correct.
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sc phase means subcarrier phase, which is a fancy way of saying tint. You would use colorbars to adjust this so that the tints of the bars are good. If you can't get a great match, just make faces look the right color. This is also easy to do in software.
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So this "SC Phase" does not have to do with an external source then. It does modify the video...in this case...help to correct the tint levels. But again, sounds like I can also leave this for software to correct.
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Sync phase, my guess is that would move the picture left and right. Use colorbars and make them look centered. This has some use to capture most of the image with your capture device.
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Ok, in genrel, it sounds like the SYNC Phase adjustment is then sort of like the controls are your monitor/lcd (one of my LCD displays call it the H-Position). You can move your window left or right to help ensure what you want to be captured.
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Originally Posted by jmac698
To know more, find a manual for any old broadcast video device, like a TBC or VCR. There's a post in another forum with copies of manuals.
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I will continue to investigate this.
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If you really want to calibrate these, record color bars from the Avia test dvd, then adjust them in playback. Slight problem, is knowing if the way you're viewing the playback is reliable. You could use an oscilloscope to remove all doubt, or go through a process of verifying the capture device's capture window, and that it's tint settings match a standard etc. For pc capture cards, the capture window varies quite a bit, so you can't really be sure of it. It can vary by driver or be changed by registry settings or UI controls.
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You raise a good point. Isn't it true that even if you calibrated your VCR to spec, there can be VHS tapes that were recorded out of spec whereby you would need to make adjustments for a specific VHS tape on the VCR on a case by case basis? I suppose what you are saying is the calibration helps to make sure the VCR does what it should do according to some spec
first. But, you don't necessarily mean the each VHS tape you use as a source will adhere to the spec due to most VHS tapes having not been recorded correctly to the spec to begin with.
Also, based on what has been said, it seems like I can leave "SYNC Phase", "SC Phase, and "Y/C delay" alone then once they have been set correctly? I don't need to adjust them on a tape by tape basis. I suppose that's why those require a Philips head to adjust them. If anything, it seems like I can make corrections to these 3 via software?
The other controls actually have nobs that I can turn...which are "SET UP", "CHROMA" and "HUE". It seems like I would need to adjust these last 3 on a per tape basis?
I'm trying to establish, if possible, what I should be fiddling with on the VCR each time I capture from a different VHS sources. And, I'm trying to establish which ones I can adjust and eyeball and which ones I should only adjust via perhaps a test pattern or otherwise.
I've still not played with the "SYNC Phase", "SC Phase" or "Y/C delay" on the VCR out of fear I would not be able to set it back to what it properly should be.