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Originally Posted by pvh1987
I understand it like a hardware analog video to DV converter will not ensure synced audio and video. To get that, I will need a special (expensive) VCR?
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It depends, but a typical camcorder with analogue inputs may not be able to handle the instability of VHS video very well (i.e. you will get a lot of dropped frames), which is why Ghitulescu recommends a TBC (Time-base corrector) which will cost a lot. You can get a top-end consumer S-VHS VCR for a lot less.
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I don't know what to do right know. I am not willing to put extensive amount of money in to such a small project.
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If it's just the one tape it may be cheaper bringing it to some video transfer specialists.
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The question is now, if I should get another "cheap" TV card that will capture video without flicker. The video looks fine, but it looks like a layer of noise on top of each frame - it is hardly noticeable in light areas but dark and black areas are a little gray with noise on top instead of being pitch black.
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Could you provide a sample clip of this noise?
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Do you think I should get a "cheap" bt8x8-based Hauppauge card to replace my "crappy" Pinnacle PCTV Pro?
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bt8x8 is quite ancient now, there's a lot better stuff available these days. Card with 3D comb filters (mentioned here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=151560) should improve composite video capturing a lot - however I don't know how good they are for VHS capturing.
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Or should I get a USB video grabber? Looks like an USB stick with 3-4 cables running out of it. I'm afraid to do this because I don't know what software will be able to use it.
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These could be even worse than what you already have. It's harder to know which chips these have as you can't physically see them like you can with a PCI/PCI-E card