flashes when capturing

[roxbang]

hi everyone

I always captured from my Panasonic VCR to my all-in-wonder Radeon 7500 (with latest MMC) via composite cables.

fact is: if the tape is a home-movie tape or it has any smudge or artifact...the screen of the tv-capture flashs...I mean, it goes blank...and a few seconds later, the image come back!

It has been happening a lot and reeally bothers me! I've tried with other vcr and the problem is still the same! Since I've been using a lot of drivers (from old to new ones...) I dont believe its an ati-driver update problem....

any solution or guess? Or is ATI really THAT cheap that it can't capture a tape fine? Of course I wouldnt care to get smudge or something on my captured video, but getting flashs is really annoying!!

It seems like ATI is "smudge-sensitive" and the "signal" gets out of control...really dunno what happens!!

thanx for any guess.

[thecoalman]

My problem wasn't quite as bad as what you are describing. Mine would just get dark then light and get a white line across the top. See my page here for more details: http://www.coaldelivery.com/ati

I just installed a cheap Leadtek TV tuner card and my problems went away. If your having the same problem that I was I would suggest you find the Macrovision hack. I had no success with it but have read where other people have.