I converted my VHS tapes to DVD+R disks using the stand alone Panasonic DMR-EZ485V. When I play the DVD+R discs of the old VHS on my TV set the images are rock-steady. However, when I play them on my computer there is a fine horizontal at the bottom of the image that squiggles.
I tried different players like VLC, PowerDVD, Win MediaPlayer and all of them show the same effect.
I see this on youtube videos too where someone uploaded a video they taped off the tv, converted it to digital and there is the same squiggle effect along the bottom of the screen.
However, when a friend who had a digital tuner in his PC played one of my tapes with a VCR and copied it to his Harddrive...the file plays on the computer without any squiggle at the bottom of the image.
I read somewhere this is what is called 'overscan'?
Are digital tuners installed in your PC going to do better than the standalone players converting VHS?
Since i discarded most of the tapes thinking they'd play fine on my computer as they appear on my TV set is there any way to fix/get rid of this issue where I can work with the VOB files off the DVD+R's and remove the squiggle effect? Maybe some kind of software?? Or am I stuck with them as they are???
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I seem to be having problems getting into LS's site, so:
Most TV's use overscan that hide the edges of the TV image. Computer monitors don't. Some LCD TV's don't. Captured VHS tapes create a line of noise at the bottom of the screen, usually not seen on TV because it's hidden by the overscan that masks about 5% of the image, but visible on computer monitors. You can crop, or preferably, block it out with black bars, but you would have to re-encode the video.
Or some software players, VLC for one, can trim off some of the bottom lines during playback so you won't have to watch them. -
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