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Vegas DVD import problem (pixelated frames)
Hi.
I transfer VHS home movies to DVD using a DVD recorder in order to get the media to my computer.
The DVD plays fine on Power DVD, Nero Showtime, etc. but when I import the DVD media to Sony Vegas pro 8.0 to edit, about 5 minutes into the video I get 5 to 6 seconds of messed-up, blocky frames. Is there any way to make this stop happening?
Please advise.
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How are you importing the video? You should be using File | Import | DVD Camcorder Disc.
Also, this is probably the worst way to capture your VHS footage if you intent to edit it. You will get much higher quality using a firewire device that captures DV AVI like the Canopus ADVC-110.
~jr
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Yes, I have been importing to Vegas using ‘Import DVD Camcorder Disc’. The picture quality overall is fine despite this problem I get. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to resort to ordering pricey external devices.
Thanks for responding.
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I was hoping I wouldn’t have to resort to ordering pricey external devices.
This is a case of “you get what you pay for”. The blocky frames are probably from the DVD recorder not being able to maintain sync with a bad spot on the VHS tape. More expensive solutions have greater ability to tolerate this and the Canopus model above the ADVC-110 (the ADVC-300 that I have) has Line Time Base Correction (LTBC). Like I said, you get what you pay for. the inexpensive solution to an “OK” job but that’s about it.
The other reason I said you should use a better capture device is because you are capturing noisy VHS to MPEG2 DVD quality which has a low tolerance for noise. That gives you no opportunity to clean up the picture first. Then you’re going to edit it and render it again to MPEG2 DVD which is going to loose more quality. The only thing you can hope for overall is low quality product.
If you only have one tape to capture, then what you are doing is probably fine. If, however, you have years of memories on VHS that you want to preserve, you gotta ask yourself, “what are those memories worth?”. Then buy a capture devices that gives you that value.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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I use an old Sony camcorder for this conversion. It will accept an analog signal (including S-Video) and convert it to digital. The result goes out via firewire and Vegas captures it just as if its coming from a DV tape. As I recall, the camcorder feature is called “pass through”. I don’t even need a tape in the Sony camera, and I bought the camera used on eBay.
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