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Originally Posted by lordsmurf
Stop using OBS. That software was made for webcams.
Use VirtualDub, which was made for analot videotape capturing (along with analog tuner capturing). |
This right here is why the past several months of investigating and learning about the best way to capture my VHS tapes (some of them rare, some of them personal, and some of them literally one-of-a-kind documents of major motion picture history waiting to be seen by the public) has been so difficult, haha. I'm not complaining about your response - thank you very much for it! But I feel like I've done an overwhelming amount of reading and learning and watching YouTube videos on the topic, and everywhere I turn is a different opinion for me to consider, and a different method for me to switch to.
But I've also seen your name more than once when searching for answers, so I'll gladly take your suggestion and switch to
VirtualDub. Thank you for the help! I'm downloading VirtualDub now, and crossing my fingers that it's a bit easier to set up and use than OBS Studio was, because I'm so very anxious to finally be finished "preparing to capture," and start actually capturing all these tapes that have been staring at me for so long.
So to give you a bit of background, in case you might have any more suggestions (and the time to offer) at the moment:
For a few years I was digitizing tapes via the Elgato cable and software, because I didn't know any better. I was fairly happy with the results, until I started to realize at that it just wasn't as good as I wanted (cropped picture, poor deinterlacing, etc, etc).
So I upgraded my VCR to a JVC HR-S7900U with a TBC, and I recently upgraded to a GV-USB2 cable (which may not be top-of-the-line, but it's giving me results that are MUCH improved over the Elgato cable), and I started using OBS, based on various suggestions I read in various forums and saw in various videos.
Anyway, fortunately I kept all the original tapes... so I began going through them all and capturing them all over again with my new setup. I was happy with the results... until I was started noticing various issues with the deinterlacing, and discovered Hybrid. So I wanted to capture my videos AGAIN without deinterlacing, and process the captured videos through Hybrid, but I couldn't. And that led me here.
This process of capturing my tapes has been so much more complicated than I ever expected it to be, haha. But I'm determined to get it right. I'm not in a place where I can spend thousands of dollars for top-of-the-line equipment, but I'm willing to spend a few bucks for better-than-average results. I feel like I was getting C or D-grade quality with the Elgato... if I can get B quality with my equipment, using the right software choices and appropriate filters, I'll be satisfied.
Anyway, hopefully that all makes sense. Looking forward to seeing how VirtualDub works and getting to work on these tapes once and for all.
