HDVSplit Capture from Canon HV20 is all RED??

[cgott42]

I am using HDVsplit and followed the instructions exactly. It recognizes the camcorder and I have the output set to HDV
Problem is that the video captured is as if looking through a red lens.
The video when played back on the camcorder is fine though.
I have Win XP SP2
Any ideas?
thanks,

[aedipuss]

what do the .m2t video files look like when played with vlc of mpc?

[cgott42]

I used VLC to view the captured files (.m2t) and same red tint throughout.

[aedipuss]

since vls uses it's own codecs to play files i'd guess it's part of the video. if you can cut a sample 40-50 mb and upload it to a file sharing site i'll take a look at it here.

here's a tool that may cut a sample from a big file for you if you need one.



makesample.zip

[2Bdecided]

HDVsplit makes a bit-identical copy of what is on the tape.

To take an MPEG-2 encoded video, and make it "go all red" would actually take a huge amount of effort - decode, apply colour change, re-encode. That's simply not happening.

It's either a decoding issue, a monitor issue, or a view finder LCD issue.

Cheers,
David.

[cgott42]

In the viewfinder LCD it looks fine. I've tried it on 2 different PCs w/2 different monitors.

[aedipuss]

as 2bdecided said it's in the video then, hdvsplit can't change anything.

try playing the tape from the cam video out port to a tv.

[cgott42]

Thanks for your help. It turns out that the problem was with VLCplayer (or perhaps the PC was overloaded), as I rebooted and previewed it in Sony Vegas and it looked fine.

thx