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Grateful for any help with the following, excuse the crossposting but I'm
getting nowhere fast here. Just to confirm, the problem is *not* Macrovision, as I also get it with VHS tapes recorded off terrestrial or satellite TV which definitely have no copy protection on :- "Nick Dobb" <> wrote in message news:SWlOg.26443$... > I'm trying to transfer a bunch of VHS videos over to DVD+R/+RW and am > running into problems. Many of the copies feature some or all of the > following problems, which are not present in the original recordings :- > > - grainy picture > - very brief (but visible) pauses > - jumpy picture > - distorted band in the top inch of the picture > > Problem has been replicated with two separate VHS players. I'm copying > over composite video. This is all on PAL (UK). I know for sure the > problem's not being caused by Macrovision. Incidentally, putting a > Macrovision removal / signal conditioning box between the VHS and DVD > makes the problem much worse (which seems bizarre). > > I also know the problem's nothing to do with the media being used. > > Recorder is a Technika DVDR2005 (Rebadged Yamada 8400X) with latest > firmware update. > > Any help gratefully received. > Nick Dobb |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:26:39 GMT, "Nick Dobb"
<> Gave us: >Grateful for any help with the following, excuse the crossposting but I'm >getting nowhere fast here. Just to confirm, the problem is *not* >Macrovision, as I also get it with VHS tapes recorded off terrestrial or >satellite TV which definitely have no copy protection on :- > > >"Nick Dobb" <> wrote in message >news:SWlOg.26443$... >> I'm trying to transfer a bunch of VHS videos over to DVD+R/+RW and am >> running into problems. Many of the copies feature some or all of the >> following problems, which are not present in the original recordings :- >> >> - grainy picture >> - very brief (but visible) pauses >> - jumpy picture >> - distorted band in the top inch of the picture >> >> Problem has been replicated with two separate VHS players. I'm copying >> over composite video. This is all on PAL (UK). I know for sure the >> problem's not being caused by Macrovision. Incidentally, putting a >> Macrovision removal / signal conditioning box between the VHS and DVD >> makes the problem much worse (which seems bizarre). >> >> I also know the problem's nothing to do with the media being used. >> >> Recorder is a Technika DVDR2005 (Rebadged Yamada 8400X) with latest >> firmware update. >> >> Any help gratefully received. >> > Are you sure it's PAL all the way through? The VCR, the "tuner" on your PC's input port (tuner card or such video card integrated or not). It seems like a format mismatch. Ahh.. I just noticed... it's a set-top recorder. It probably sensed the low res input and auto-dumbed itself down... too far. You need to manually set the record mode, turning off all auto select functions related to handling the video input and/or record processing algorithms. |
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"JoeBloe" <> wrote in message
news:... > Are you sure it's PAL all the way through? Don't see how in can be anything else. Bog standard off the shelf UK VCR, VHS tape and DVD recorder. > Ahh.. I just noticed... it's a set-top recorder. It probably sensed > the low res input and auto-dumbed itself down... too far. You need > to manually set the record mode, turning off all auto select functions > related to handling the video input and/or record processing > algorithms. It's not the recording quality. It doesn't autoselect, and the problem persists on either HQ, SP, EP or SLP qualities. It's a very simple player and doesn't have any 'space cadet' features for messing with expert features (that I can see). |
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