Fixing some distortion problems

[ROBO1964]

OK, 2 minor problems that I would like some suggestions on.

I found this problem I encountered on the Virtualdub site:

I see a greyish, wavering line at the bottom of my capture. It looks sort of like the picture, but distorted. If it's only a few lines at the bottom, it's likely VHS head switching noise. Ignore it or crop it out afterward.

I see this ONLY when viewing the video on my computer. Its gone if I make a VCD and view it on TV.

Other than the suggestions about cropping it out is their any other way to eliminate this? Would using a different VCR for my source eliminate it?

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After using the many helpful tips here I made a much higher quality MPEG than before and made a VCD. On the VCD I could see just some blocky area's in just a few spots instead of all over. Are there any settings to reduce this further so there are no blocky spots? I used the noise filter in TMPGenc set at 2-1-2. Any way to reduce it even further?

[Mirror_Image]

Search the boards for:

overscan

and you'll find out why edge trash that is visible on the PC players (usually) doesn't show up when you watch the same video on your TV.

[ROBO1964]

OK, and what about reducing any blockiness from the picture more than I did.