Corrupt frames

[Yobbo]

Hi, I'm starting a new post here as I realize my post in the Avisynth forum was probably inappropriate.

Basically, I am capturing huffyuv avi from VHS. When I view (frame-by-frame) in Media Player Classic, it looks fine (no glitches).

However when I open the same avi in VirtualDub, or TMPGEnc, or Windows Media Player, or Windows Movie Maker, etc, I see sporadic corrupt frames, ie single frames here & there that are all green & pink & fuzzy. The frames occur at the same places, they don't move around.

If I go ahead and encode, the resultant m2v has the glitches in it (same places). Although single frames, they are very noticeable and distracting.

Is Media Player Classic fooling me into thinking my capture avi is OK, when in fact it isn't? (In that case, maybe it's my capture card malfunctioning?). Why don't I see these single-frame glitches in MPC, but I do elsewhere? How do I know for certain whether my capture card (Winfast A340) is broken & needs replacing?

I would appreciate some assistance here, I'm pulling my hair out over this. (This is a recent problem, I used to have no issues!)

Thank you.

[Jacz]

Hello,
I have the same problem. I did a few tests and corrupt frames(CF) are in AVI only when capturing to huffyuv.

-it seems that CFs are independent on : recorder (Fly2000TV, ATV2000, freeVCR or what...), vga/tuner/audio drivers, DirectX version, resolution/FPS/colorspace(yuv or rgb), audio recording, BIOS settings, HDD, overclocked y/n

-problem exists in all recent versions of huffyuv (2.1.1., 2.1.1 patched, 2.2.0 tested) and only when capturing, not recoding from another AVI (in Vdub)

SOLUTION: I installed second instance of Win2003 and WinXPpro with same vga/audio/directx/tuner/huffyuv versions,and Fly2000tv with exactly same settings and suddenly everything was OK.

I think we both installed some software or drivers, which in some way dis-ballanced our systems. I'm just letting it be and capture uncompressed :cool:

Here's my configuration:
motherboard ECS M848ALU (using onboard LAN and audio)
CPU Athlon XP 1800+@2100+ (FSB 150Mhz)
RAM 128MB 133@150MHz + 256MB 166@150 MHz = 384MB
VGA S3 Savage4, 32MB, AGP 4x
Tuner ASUS TV/FM SAA7134/5
HDD Seagate Barracude IV 40GB (ATA 100) and Maxtor 200GB (ATA133)
ZIP, CDRW, USB2.0
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Win2003server, all updates, DirectX 9.0c, tons of software installed and uninstalled, many codecs...

[jggimi]

Splitting your question into two threads is called "cross posting" and is a violation of Rule 8 (http://forum.doom9.org/forum-rules.htm).

I can understand your wanting to gain additional assistance with this problem, but a second thread is not the appropriate method. If you like, I can ask to have the thread in the AviSynth forum moved here. Send me a PM, or request the movement from the AviSynth forum mods yourself.

I note that you have yet to answer the last question from Boulder in the original thread, nor have you made a small sample available.

To avoid confusion or missing information, please, everyone... post all followups in the original thread: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89280

Thank you. This thread is closed.