On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Ray Cole wrote: > > > I had this issue with my bt card. The video tape looked just fine on TV, > > but when I captured it would studder - it was duplicating frames, sometimes > > just a single field (which was really weird). The bttv module has a > > 'vcr_hack' option that eliminated this problem. I don't know if something > > similar is going on with the lml33 or not. The issue as I recall is the > > signal is a bit distorted. A TV can compensate for it. The capture card > > tries, but by the time it realizes it didn't get the sync signal it is ... > > > d me to record a number of video tapes flawlessly that previously were very > > problematic to record. > > Sounds like what you need is either a TBC or one of those "image > stabilizer" units. Yes, I had similar issues with the Bt8x8 card > a few years ago - some of the more warn/junkier tapes caused the > card to "lose it". Even when it didn't lose it the constant jitter > caused the mpeg encoding to see the constant motion and waste a lot > of bits encoding the "motion". > > My solution then was to get the Sima SCC (not sure if that model is > made now that the SCC-2 is out) and put it inline between the VCR > and the capture device. Did absolute wonders to stabilize the picture, > and on some of the really bad/faded tapes the color correction > capability was quite useful - could boost the chroma, adjust the > contrast, sharpness, hue, etc. As a pleasant side effect it also > strips out the Macrovision copy junk which can also confuse capture > cards. > > The Sima SCC-2 (and other similar devices can be found at) are made > by Sima Corp: > > http://www.simacorp.com/ > > The units are sold at a number of places online (BH Photo for example). > > An inexpensive single channel TBC runs about $280 or so and a dual > channel one (for genlocking two devices) about $450 - i think (the > catalog is at the other end of the house and I'm lazy at the moment ;)). > > Good Luck! > > Cheers, > Steven Schultz I purchased the SCC-2 from www.bhphotovideo.com for $160 It's done a great job of stabilizing the picture I still get "**ERROR: [lavrec] Error syncing on a buffer: Timer expired" occasionally I captured about 80 minutes of video in 17 files that I spliced together There is still a problem of the picture being "shaky" or "jittery" I have 3 VCR's and each one produces different results Would someone stick their neck out and recommend a good quality VCR Thanks Richard Ray ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
