Video8 playback looks okay only briefly after unpause

shae · 7th April 2017, 16:57

I'm trying to play back Video8 on a camcorder. It's fine on the camcorder screen, but not through the analog composite out.

The video looks okay briefly when it starts playing, after unpausing, and constantly during pause (besides the usual pause artifacts).
But after a second or so of playback it becomes "wrong". The colors are inverse, there's shadowing, and some shape distortion.

I'm getting the same behavior on two TVs, one a modern LCD, the other an old CRT, so I'm guessing it's the camcorder. Forcing PAL/NTSC/etc. on the TV doesn't help.

I don't know if related, but the audio rattles/buzzes, on both left and right output channels.

Any idea what's wrong here?

OK when paused and a bit after unpause:

Wrong after playback is in full swing:

7th April 2017, 16:57	#1 \| Link
shae Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 397	Video8 playback looks okay only briefly after unpause I'm trying to play back Video8 on a camcorder. It's fine on the camcorder screen, but not through the analog composite out. The video looks okay briefly when it starts playing, after unpausing, and constantly during pause (besides the usual pause artifacts). But after a second or so of playback it becomes "wrong". The colors are inverse, there's shadowing, and some shape distortion. I'm getting the same behavior on two TVs, one a modern LCD, the other an old CRT, so I'm guessing it's the camcorder. Forcing PAL/NTSC/etc. on the TV doesn't help. I don't know if related, but the audio rattles/buzzes, on both left and right output channels. Any idea what's wrong here? OK when paused and a bit after unpause: Wrong after playback is in full swing: Last edited by shae; 7th April 2017 at 16:59.

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