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capturing from VHS problem
Hi,
I am in the middle of capturing a number of old VHS tapes into FCP through a Canon mini DV camera. I’ve done this many times before and never had this problem…
A couple of the tapes are producing a bright white glare when capturing. If I watch these tapes on the TV they are fine, but through the camera or on the Log and Capture window, whenever the camera-person films something bright a white glare covers the screen and stays there for the duration of the tape. If I press stop and then play again the glare will disappear until they again film a bright/glarey subject.
The tapes are probably damaged but how come they play perfectly fine on the TV screen? Is there anything I can do to overcome this?
Thanks,
Sarah
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3 Replies
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Sarah, i cant help with your prob, but if yu get a chance , could you tell me the exact configuration of your set up, and type of port and cables used?! Thanks , Dean
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Hi Dean
I have my VHS player connected to a Canon MV700i mini DV camera that is connected to my eMac (G4 1.25GHz) via firewire. I also have an external HDD (500GB) connected to a firewire port which I use as my scratch disk.
I have used this set up many times before with no problems. It has been over a year since I have done any editing and was having trouble getting it to work this time. FCP would freeze everytime I begun capturing. I eventually figured out the problem. I had upgraded to Quicktime 7 since I last did any capturing. I run OSX 10.3.9. I re-installed Quicktime 6 and everything is now working perfectly. Except for these couple of old tapes!
If anyone else has any ideas, I would be most grateful.
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Try actually RECORDING the VHS to a DV tape first, then capture the DV tape.
Do a short experiment on a problem area before you do a whole tape this way.
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