Hi8 Video Playback Issues

[fishdisease]

Hey Everyone,

I have a problem that i hope I can get some help with. I have a bunch of videos that I'm transferring for a friend. The newer hi8 vids are fine, great quality for a 15 y/o tape, but the older ones are, well, terrible. I'm using my sony video8 video cam as my playback device and I'm capturing with an ATI All-in-Wonder 9200. I've transferred lots of video before and I've only had this issue with older video8 tapes (currently from 2 different ppl). Here's the problem. The video washes out (white-out) constantly and there are tiny horizontal lines of static throughout the picture. Watching the video through the viewfinder of the camera the "wash-outs" dont happen, but the vertical lines of static do. I have attached some screenshots and I'm wondering what I can do. Are there any filters for this issue or has anyone successfully dealt with this issue. I dont think that my player is the problem as lots of video plays perfectly (same type of tapes, same recording speed) and by the same reasoning I dont think that its my capture card or cpu.

Thanks for any advice.

Dave

[fishdisease]

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[dvd3500]

I had a problem like this and actually decided to convert everything to black and white.
When I showed it to the original owners they actually needed several minutes to realize I had converted it!

You can also simple remove the "white out" flash frames as well.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Try a video stabilizer or the hack listed here:
http://www.biline.ca/ati_macrovision.htm

...or get rid of the ATI AIW because they falsly identify macrovision:
http://www.biline.ca/macrovision.htm

[filmboss80]

You did not list the Sony model, but it appears as though you are trying to play Hi-8 tapes through a standard 8mm camcorder. Although you can record on either Hi-8 or standard 8mm tape with either format of camera, a standard 8mm camera cannot play back a full resolution Hi-8 recording originally made on a Hi-8 camcorder. The results are similar to trying to play back an S-VHS tape on a standard VHS unit.

Again, I don't know your Sony model, and I could be wrong about this, but from eyeballing the images, this is what it appears to be.

[edDV]

Like SVHS, Hi8 uses different FM deviation frequencies and thus requires a Hi8 or Digital8 device for playback.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_video_format