black and white again

[franky111]

Hi,

My system is
AMD Athlon 2GHz
Hercules Smart TV capture card
Soft Power VCR II and Virtualdub

Problem is : Black and white image on screen.

I tried several formats of PAL (I am In Belgium) : B&W always.

I capture from Scart port of VCR via the sVHS input of the Hercules.

What do I miss? Cable configuration, soft ???

Any idea around ?

Thanks

[VCD GURU]

What is your source?

I once tried to capture a NTSC (i thought it was PAL) using PAL settings.

I only got B&W picture, untill i found out that i had to capture it as a NTSC.

All went fine then

[franky111]

Thanks,

I tried to capture in NTSC and the then the image is completely green.
I have updated my VGA with last drivers: no effect.
I tried several sources (DVD player, sat receiver, 2 different VCRs... NADA!!!!

I'll try again...

[HAGGARD]

Did it work before???
Maybe your VCR doesn't send proper SVHS signal... Try composite input of your capturecard...
Or your SVHS cable is broken...

'HAG

[franky111]

HAG'

Thanks for reply.

I tried two different VCR with the svhs input : both B&W
I also tried LG DVD player, Simba202 sat receiver : B&W.

I have not tried composite, but I will soon.

What do you mean by svhs cable broken ?

Thanks

[HAGGARD]

What do you mean by svhs cable broken ?

Maybe one of the pins of the SVHS cable is broken...
With a SVHS cable the video (Y) and color (C) signal are transmitted seperatly... So if the color pin is broken or missaligned you only receive Luminance signal (eg. Blank and White)...
And like I said... Not ALL VCR's send SVHS signals!!!
Try different cables or use composite input...

'HAG

[vanceen]

I don't know the Hercules card, but could yours be set to capture NTSC instead of PAL?

[franky111]

You're right HAG, I think I'll definitively go for composite and that should solve the problem

Thanks again

[franky111]

And the composite worked fine.

Thanks to all