RE: Captured Video Distortion !!!

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You got the best solution already. I am using a Sony TRV480E Camcorder,
which has pass through capability and outputs the converted signal through a
Firewire port.

"Big Mac" wrote:

> Hey "apr pippai",
> I checked on capturing in the "DV-AVI" format and that option is not
> available to me. I see it, but it is not bold and I can not choose it. The
> help menu said that it was only available if you were capturing from a
> digital camcorder or digital VCR. I am capturing from a VHS VCR with the
> component video run through an adapter that changes it to an Svideo output
> into the Avermedia M150 TV Tuner card. I have seen on other forums the
> suggestion that maybe I should consider running the VHS analog signal through
> a digital camcorder that has pass through capabilities and inputing that
> converted signal through the firewire port. I don't want to spend any more
> money than I have to to get a nice product, but I am open to suggestions from
> anyone and am willing to listen to any suggestions for other solutions or
> options.
>
> "Big Mac" wrote:
>
> > I am brand new to trying to capture and edit video and photos. I am also not
> > a genius with computers in general. I use them at work but am able to call IT
> > to resolve any problems that occur. Now I am working at home and do not have
> > that luxury.
> > I just purchased a Gateway 825GM. Specs are P4 550 chip - 3.4 GHz, 250 GB
> > SATA HDD (7200 RPM - 8MB cache), 1GB DDR (Dual channel memory), ATI Radeon
> > X300 SE Video (128 MB PCI-Express Card), Avermedia M-150 TV Tuner Card, 8.5
> > GB Double Layer 16X DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD Drives, Windows XP MCE 2005.
> > I bought this unit with the purpose of converting and editing VHS video
> > tapes and scanned photos and slides to DVD for archive and to distribute to
> > family. My son died a few years ago and I have been waiting for prices to
> > drop enough to purchase equipment to do this.
> > I have spent the first couple of weeks downloading updated drivers and
> > software for all of the installed devices and programs. This has been and
> > education and ordeal. I assumed that everything that is installed on a new
> > computer has been tested and works together flawlessly. Wrong. After
> > installing the necessary updated drivers, everything seems to be working
> > together at the moment.
> > I am outputing my VHS video from a VCR component video through an adapter to
> > convert to SVideo to input into the TV Tuner card. RCA audio is input into
> > the tuner card also. I captured the entire 120 minute tape in Movie Maker. I
> > used "best available" option which was 720 x 480 at 30fps. Video and audio
> > device is the Avermedia tuner card. Movie Maker broke the entire tape into a
> > series of 100 or so individual files or clips. I burned the entire collection
> > to DVD using "Power DVD" that Windows Media Center defaulted to when I did
> > the conversion. I also have some "Nero" software that is installed on the
> > computer. Is it a better choice?
> > I have noticed that there is some distortion in the video that has been
> > captured. It shows up in the captured files that I view in Movie Maker and on
> > the DVD copy as well. This distortion does not show up when viewing the
> > original VHS tape. Some of the captured video looks okay and then there will
> > be in some places a horizontal line of distortion across the screen and in
> > other places the images will blur and shift with ghost images on the screen.
> > Any suggestions as to what might be causing the problems? And any advice as
> > to changes in hardware or software. I want these images to be right, since
> > they are all that we have left of our son. Sorry for being long winded, but I
> > wanted to give as much detail as possible in order to help solve my problems.
.

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