[Jeff Kubach]

Hi Daniel:

The OS is Windows XP

[Jeff Kubach]

Hi Daniel:

Unfortunately it is difficult to show the problem on a screen grab because it only occurs during motion on the screen. Also, it only shows up on actual television monitors, not on a computer screen. I will continue to look into it… thanks for offering to help though.

[Jeff Kubach]

The H.264 version is the last format in my workflow. It gets recorded to tape from there.

To answer your questions…

1. Are you capturing HD or SD?
SD only

2. Does your captured media have these same banding issues?
The original betacam SP tapes that are used do not have this problem

3. Are there an frame rate conversions happening?
To my knowledge, the offices that use this go with 29.97 for the uncompressed file and also 29.97 for the Quick Time conversion to H.264

4. What is your captured frame rate?
29.97 frames per second, NTSC

5. What settings are you using to create your h.264?
I believe it is simply 29.97 FPS and on the “Better” or “Best” option for quality.

The uncompressed file is an AVI file and the H.264 codec conversion ends up making it Quick Time. Would this affect it? Perhaps Quick Time Pro does not handle AVI files very well?

[Jeff Kubach]

Thanks for your response. I have actually tried the VLC player before and I was able to view the spot on the Mac with it, but it did not actually play out of my Mac (out of my Blackmagic video card, that is). All I am able to play out to the tape deck is the audio, not the video (I can only see video in the VLC player window on my Mac).

Do you happen to know if there is a way to use the VLC player in conjunction with the Blackmagic video card so that I can actually get a video signal to come out of my Mac for recording?

The other option would be to convert to a format that Final Cut Pro can play. I tried MPEG Streamclip but it was not able to decipher any of the video aspects of the Telestream’s MPEG2.

I see that Apple has a Quicktime codec that they sell here:
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2

Do you suppose that would work? I am starting to think that Telestream has encrypted the file to the point that only a telestream can playback… any additional thoughts would be greatly appreciated.