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Originally Posted by NordicBear
when I put it to work in my workflow I can not se any improvements in the picture.
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Nor will you. In fact, if anything, you'll see it adds noise, reduces image quality. Certain specific Panasonic recorders have strong+crippled line TBC, and non-TBC frame sync.
The first line TBC in a workflow "wins". So that FS200 has a line TBC, and the EH55 does nothing. At most, it can give it a weenie frame sync'ing, but it's not TBC'd frame sync (there is a difference!). Odds are, however, that it just barfs up luma/AGC value issues, and posterization noise.
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I think VB gives better results than MMC when I capture. The picture is smoother in some way, hard to explain and may be not the best test photage to se this. But for example I can se that the sky above trees is smoother. the sky from MMC are more cripled (gives artifacts?).
Hopefully I am on par, using VirtualDub.
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That sounds like you're capturing MPEG (DVD-Video specs) on MMC, and lossless AVI in
VirtualDub.
Also, never use MMC 7.x nor 9.x, only 8.x
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Originally Posted by Aya_Rei
Hm, noticed two duplicated frames on both captures at different points.
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Unsure if this is the cause here, in this exact situation. However, it need be noted: DVD recorders are not transparent passthrough devices, and dupe frames are a chronic issue with them.
Again, the ES10/15 type should only be used for tearing-type issues, where the net gain is better video. DVD recorders are amusing quaint devices (sometimes even a POS), in terms of an actual "TBC replacement" (it's not!). It's merely "better than nothing at all" (no TBC in VCR, no TBC anywhere). Those DVD recorder devices have many, many issues. In Panasonics, PAL has added luma gain problems, while both NTSC/PAL have issues with AGC, posterization, and some others I don't recall off-hand. It's a list.
When using budget gear, the exact devices (VCR, TBC, capture card) become even more important than normal.
