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[canadateck]

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[lordsmurf]

No, that's not good. Right-click or double-click on the percentage and change it to actual dropped frames. Change the time meter from time to frames.

1. What are your system specs?
2. Have you read the dropped frames thread in the capture forum?
3. And what are your capture settings?

[canadateck]

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[lordsmurf]

Have you tried MJPEG instead of Huffy? I see no real reason why you're dropping. Maybe the HD needs a defrag? I rarely have to do this, but every now and then it will mess up a capture.

.... actually, I just read the dropped frames sticky in the capture forum, and it has a few good ideas I hadn't considered.

You've got an AMD, so check out HEAT issues. And be sure to give your system a rest before capturing (let it cool down). Don't have your resolution too high. Check DMA on the HD. Look at the quality of the source.

That sticky is pretty good. I may have to "steal" it for my site.

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[spectroelectro]

Almost al lthe problems reported on this forum boild won to three sitautions: [1] capturing from VHS (dropped frames, wavy lines,
jittering picture); [2] problems capturing video or opening video files with Virtualdub (vdub uses FVW drivers while modern versions of Windows use WDM drivers); [3] problems with audio/video sync on video captured with a PCI video card (unavoidable unless you use a modified version of FreeVCR or Virtualdub, and even then no guarantee).
In your case the problem almost certianly boils down to the fact that you're capturing from VHS. Any time you capture from VHS into an in-computer video card without a Time Base Corrector inserted in the video chain you are asking for trouble. The AVT 8710, at $179 plus shipping, does a darn good job -- it costs more than $100 less than the TBC-100 and is pretty much an equivalent device. Available at
http://www.avtoolbox.com/miscvideoproducts.htm
(Avoid the low-cost SIMA units, they have serious limitations as LordSmurf has pointed out.)
Rule of thumb: you should get zero dropped frames. As in "nada." Diddly. Squat. Zilch. You can't work effectively if you have dropped frames. It creates all kinds of problems.
If you have a digital camcorder or if a friend has one of the Pioneer DMR E-20/E-30/E-50/E-80 DVD recorders, these devices typically have TBC built in. If you can beg or borrow a friend's digicam or DVD recorder, try capping your VHS tapes with one of those. People who use digicams or DVD recorders to capture VHS report very few problems.
If you plan to capture lots of material from VHS, you may want to invest in a TBC. You're still likely to have audio/video sync issues with long captures due to your in-computer capture card.

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[i-on-s]

Try capturing your VHS at 352X480 no need to over kill with 720X480 on VHS and also check your cables! are you using RCA or COX or S-Video? it might be one of these also. too much was left out of the original post to figure out what is going wrong.

[lordsmurf]

So the capture card i have is no good?? what should i get for a capture card? to avoid the TBC or get both?. Thanks

No, the capture card is great. I own two of them, both 7200's.

But it will only capture as good as the info that is fed to it. VHS by it's very nature isn't great. While it may look nice on tv, a card sees more, and often that "more" is errors. A TBC and good VCR fixes that.

No matter which card you get, you'll have the same problems without a TBC.