noise lines and black&white with Dazzle DVC90

[Corrado]

Hi all,

I just bought a Dazzle DVC90 and started making tests to convert my old home videos from S-VHS tapes to DVD.

The capturing (using the included Studio 9 from Pinnacle) is going fine, in AVI format (to be recompressed later with TMPGEnc) and also directly into MPEG-2 format (although I prefer the quality of TMPGEnc).

No frames dropped, video output ok.

I have a couple of problems, though, for which I found nothing in the FAQ or the guides:

1)If I capture from (SVHS or VHS) tapes, I get a line at the bottom of the screen with noise in it. See here as example:

http://663blacktigers.net/DC/temp/NDVD_001.jpg

I don't get the same error if I capture from the same Video Recorder, but from TV signal:

http://663blacktigers.net/DC/temp/NDVD_002.jpg


2) After some time (some or several minutes) the input signal goes Black & White:

http://663blacktigers.net/DC/temp/NDVD_003.jpg

What should I check?

Thanks a lot for your suggestions

[Corrado]

I forgot to add this: the "noise lines" are clearly visible also in the preview window of Studio 9.

They are visible also when I capture from another program (i.e.: Nero Vision Express) and in any output format / resolution / bitrate.

Update:
The black & white issue didn't appear again in the following tests...maybe a connection problem? The VCR is S-VHS and outputs in S-VIDEO format, as DVC90 wants.

[FlimsyFeet]

The lines at the bottom are normal with any VHS capture, they should be cropped out afterwards.

Don't know what could be causing intermittent black and white, unless it's a loose connection in your s-video cable.

[Corrado]

Thanks for the answer :)

After checking some screenshots in the capture guide, where some lines at the bottom are also visible, I had the suspect that it's a common thing. Now I feel better, I don't have an hardware/software problem :D

The B&W issue didn't appear again, let's cross fingers and hope ;)