Actually I have a number of old VHS tapes that I'd like to digitise before junking them so your experience here has been very useful. You would never have resolved the issues with the Dazzle. This suggests to me that it may be the device itself that's dropping them because it's trying to encode the noise and has insufficient processing power to do it.ĬS, I think you did the wisest thing by getting a different capture device. I think the item I highlighted in the review is relevant here because it seems the Dazzle drops frames with even the highest-spec PC system. I'm sure I remember that analog capture devices can generate a lot of redundant data by trying to encode the noise on old tapes. Neil, like I said it's a while since I did any analog capture but I think you're on the button regarding wear and tear. I have downloaded your JPEG image Tom, Thanks! Dropped frames may well be part and parcel of the process. Transferring these old tapes now will get them before they've been allowed to deteriorate any further. You can't expect the tape to be in "pristine" condition, it loses that quality as soon as you take off the cellophane wrapper and insert it into your VCR or your camera to record on it for the first time. Mike, that Dazzle capture card(from Pinnacle) will work with any capture/edit software, not just Pinnacle Studio, heck, it'll even work with Power Director!ĬS, as I said earlier, a lot of your frame-dropping could be related to the(physical) condition of the tape, its age, how often it's been played, leading to some wearing(and tearing).
I have set WMM up for capture(my capture card is labeled as USB 2861 Device) and it's set up for audio and video capture through this device, but, as yet I've not tried it. Yeah, I came a cropper on Windows Movie Maker. I know this from transferring old VHS and Video-8/Hi-8 tape content myself, the better the tape condition, the better the transfer(with less frame drops).
As for "dropping frames", CS, the condition of the recording(the tape itself) has a lot to do with frame drops, particularly old tapes that are often-payed and are starting to wear out, so it's fortunate you're getting them converted now before your source tapes get completely "knackered". For Windows 7, 8, Vista(and likely 10) there is no such provision. Sorry Tomasc, Windows Movie Maker has no provision for capture from devices like "Dazzle" or any other make of capture card, unless you go back to Windows Movie Maker for Windows XP. Try Windows Movie Maker as the capture device and make sure that the audio cable pairs are connected. They did make video stabilizers exactly for your problem in the past. I find that in the past pci connected devices worked better than the usb ones for signal strength and tracking. Quote: Do you know the model number of that Dazzle device.
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