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congamabongo
5th March 2013, 12:50
Hi there,
I've been using virtualdub to capture and compress VHS now for about 2 years. And I've done about 300 VHSs of a 600 library. The guide was incredibly helpful in setting everything up. And I was able to create a nearly automated system where I could capture while at work and compress while asleep. (Many many thanks to the authors of that guide!)
After all this time without trouble, the program began to get more and more glitchy. From jumpy capture and display of video, to loading up and not remembering my settings to crashing and freezing my whole PC. The computer has never been connected to the web so it's not a virus. It was however shutdown in the middle of a capture by a power outage one day around that time the problems began to creep in.
Is it possible that this interferred with the hardware or software and caused the problem? Any ideas on how I could fix this and get back to converting the archive?

congamabongo
5th March 2013, 12:53
Using a stripped back version of XP with a 1.75ghz dual core and 1.5 Tb hdd. Capture is done via RCA to USB device if that's any help, cheers

GrofLuigi
6th March 2013, 00:23
It could be anything...

First thing I'd do is check software (SFC /SCANNOW), reinstall Virtual Dub... And hardware (Memtest, check the PSU somehow)...

GL

setarip_old
6th March 2013, 01:42
@congamabongo

Hi! It was however shutdown in the middle of a capture by a power outage one day around that time the problems began to creep in.My money's on BAD RAM...

congamabongo
7th March 2013, 13:54
Thanks for the suggestions guys.. basic pc reports says HDD and processor fine but did not say about RAM. vdub has been reinstalled but computer it still crashes; which seems to only happen while vdub in use. Could it possibly be OS registry damage? Can anyone recommend any diagnostic tools or programs to try? Thanks

congamabongo
7th March 2013, 13:55
sfc /scan on xp didn't work either :(

DonQ
7th March 2013, 19:24
chkdsk from command window should display any file system inconsistencies. chkdsk /f will fix them too.