VHS Capture via Intensity Pro – Black and White with No Sound…

[Chad Pearson]

Are you using a Time Base Corrector (TBC) in between your VCR and your Blackmagic card? VHS tapes don’t produce a stable enough signal for digital capture without one, especially on “cheap” consumer VCR’s

[Steve Mullins]

Im not no – shouldnt it be in colour at least?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMA5aH_olAQ

Whats the cheapest / best ish TBC outthere? Yes i’m using a el cheapo vhs deck (sony).

Some contents or functionalities here are not available due to your cookie preferences!

This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.

[Steve Mullins]

I’m now using a JVC SVHS deck with TBC and its corrected the rolling – but its still in Black and white with no audio?

https://postimg.org/image/otw2vvg4r/

[Chad Pearson]

Have your configured the Blackmagic capture card in your computers control panel? There is an additional “Blackmagic Control Panel” installed with the Media Express software that has to be configured in addition to Media Express and Final Cut.

Specifically, if you are seeing black and white, it is most likely the card is set to “Component” instead of Composite input mode. In Component video mode the same “Y” connector is used for the black and white portion of a YPbPr signal, whereas in Composite mode both the black and white and color portions come in on the same wire.