Horizontal lines during capture using Vegas 10

[Danny Hays]

Those are interlace lines. Set your project settings to progressive and blend or interpolate.

[John Rofrano]

That is just interlacing and there is nothing wrong with this. It’s normal for Hi8 footage will not show up when played back on a TV (which requires interlaced video).

~jr

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[Danny Hays]

Maybe not on a CRT TV, but I can see them on all my LCD TVs and monitors.
(which requires interlaced video)? I must be missing something.

[John Rofrano]

[Danny Hays] “Maybe not on a CRT TV, but I can see them on all my LCD TVs and monitors. “

TV is TV. By definition TV is an interlaced delivery medium. If you are feeding your LCD TV a broadcast signal or signal from a set-top DVD player, your interlaced footage will look correct. If you are feeding your LCD TV from a “computer” (which is not an interlaced device) then you will see the interlacing. You should not remove interlacing unless your target device requires you to do so.

If the original poster is going to deliver the footage on a DVD, it should remain interlaced. If they want to deliver it to a PC or internet, it should be deinterlaced when rendered. In neither case would I recommend setting your project to progressive. It is always better to set your project to match your source footage unless there is a specific reason not to.

If you don’t like seeing the interlacing while editing, just set the options on your Windows Secondary Display to “deinterlace” and Vegas will happily deinterlace it as you preview it. This in no way alters the original video, rendered video, or project settings. It just simulates how it will look on a TV.

~jr

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[Danny Hays]

OK, That clarifies it. I rarely burn video DVDs since I usually play them from a computer or server.I knew DVD players deinterlace for us.
Thanks for the information John.

[Nickolas Papastamos]

Thanks for the help and info
I appreciate the advice