Capture issue Yikes!!!

[John Fishback]

How are you capturing the tapes? Camera, deck? Describe your system and workflow so it’s easier for folks to help you out.

John

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[Don Walker]

Roy,
is it possible that the tapes are recorded on a Consumer camcorder in LP mode, and your playing them back on Professional deck that can only handle SP mode. That would be the first thing I would look at.
The remedy for that problem would be to use the camera that they were shot on to do your capture. Another possibility would be that the heads were either dirty or clogged on the recording camera, or on your playback machine. Run a cleaning tape (one would of come with your deck) and see if that fixes the problem on the playback side. ( if the problem was on the record side you are out of luck) .
Don Walker

John 3:16

[John Pale]

Could also be DVCAM or DVCPRO trying to be captured on a deck that can only play DV.

Need more info.

[Roy Schneider]

Hi All Thanks for the responses. I am using a dv camera via firewire into a g-raid. Final Cut pro is running on brand new IMAC I-7. . It is not the camera that captured the tapes originally. I cleaned the heads on my camera. The tapes are a transfer from 8mm film, but could have been a screen shot. could be an SP-LP thing. Is there anyway I can tell?

Picture in getting digital lines on the left and right sides. Looks like interlacing of the fields.

Thanks again!
Roy

Roy Schneider
Long Live Da Cow!

[Steve Eisen]

Could be a variety of things. Alignment problem, bad tape, SP-LP, etc.

If you hit display on your DV camera, what shows up? DV 48K. DV 32K? SP?

You might need to capture from the camera/deck the original was recorded, if at all possible. If not, try a different camera/deck.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Roy Schneider]

Hi Steve:
Thanks for your help. playback says 48K SP.
Roy

Roy Schneider
Long Live Da Cow!

[John Pale]

I am guessing it was recorded in DVCAM or DVCPRO. They can be recorded on regular miniDV tape, and will play in a miniDVcamera/deck, but with visual distortion.

Can you ask who gave you the tape what was used to record it?