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  VHS conversion (improving the captured file)

  Posted by Rick Hughes on February 11, 2010 at 12:31 pm

  Help the beginner time …

  Converting VHS to DV AVI …. used VHS > TBC > ADVC300 > PC
  Using VMS for capture.

  After editting, I would like to try & improve the end result before I create the DVD’s ……… and ideally hope someone will give me a few pointers on what to adjust.
  I have tried HSL, Colour Balance etc. … but don’t seem to be able to improve the end result.

  I I take one such tape as an example … Colours are weak, except that hard reds have significant colour bleed, which I am told is typical and caused by Chromatic weakness within VHS signal.
  Also some of the whites seem to alternate between white and a pale blue cast. (look at buildings, which were white)

  I have put a short DIVX compressed version on:
  https://www.esnips.com/doc/8bb1278c-e0a3-49c7-939d-bf197f7b82ad/test2-compressed

  or https://tinyurl.com/yk8pu6v
  Sorry about annoying twitter add first.

  Can download or play.
  (although it seems to convert to a Flash movie)

  The full AVI & AC3 files there as well in same folder

  It shows all 3 problems, would appreciate any help … it’s the process I want to learn, not just to get the clip fixed.

  BTW – I didn’t take this, it was by a Professional Video company.

  John Rofrano replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Rofrano

  February 11, 2010 at 3:33 pm

  Personally, I would do all of the correcting with the ADVC300 while capturing. I have found that fixing on the way in yields the best results because you will never have better source to correct than the VHS tape itself. The ADVC300 comes with a little application that allows you to tweak lots of parameters.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Rick Hughes

  February 11, 2010 at 5:13 pm

  unfortunately ADVC also has about the worst manual out there 🙂

  I have all the settings for basic capture, if I am going to adjust the signal on ADVC using Picture Controller is there a ‘recommended sequence’
  If we take Image settings …
  Is there a particular sequence that you should set about adjusting Brightness, contrast, Saturation, Hue & Sharpness.
  I know you can move the sliders around, but are there any tips or sequences to get this right?

  The same Q would then apply to the Filter & Video2 Tab

  I want to get the best I can during VHS conversion.
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  John Rofrano

  February 11, 2010 at 10:08 pm

  I am no expert on using it, I just own one. I usually only tweak the contrast a bit and maybe the brightness and saturation. I agree it’s confusing and not well documented. The general approach is to adjust luminance first and then chrominance. More than that, it’s trial and error for me.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com

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