Capturing from VHS tapes

[ultraman36]

Hey i have alot of old boxing tapes i want to convert to dvd. Should i get a super vhs vcr and use my canopus advc 100 or get a Pioneer 310 dvd recorder and use that to record the video. The vhs player i have plays ok but i see a jitter or 2 when its playing. What are some cheap ways to clean up the video when recording? Im a newbie when it comes to discussions on Pro amps etc etc so any suggetions would help

[Capmaster]

The Canopus should work just dandy for capping that.

I guess it depends on how much "jitter" you're talking about. If the problem is in the machine, then a new VCR should help. If it's in the tape then you'll probably need a timebase corrector to clean up the signal enough for a good capture. Either way you'll be spending some money to get those caps, assuming you've already played around with the manual tracking to try and remove the jitter.

[ultraman36]

what a good but cheap timebase corrector? Can you explain what it does

[spiderman2k1]

If I was you get a JVC S-VHS VCR and a good DVD recorder Panasonic or JVC.

[ultraman36]

I just got a Pioneer dvd recorder (DVR310) i also saw a JVC (S-VHS) vcr that has a built in TBC would that work?

[hwoodwar]

disregard

[ultraman36]

My problem isnt macrovision as my tapes were copied from the tv. i want the quality to be a good as it can be (without spending alot of money)

[jimmalenko]

I have my VCR hooked into my computer via an ADVC-100 and it really does a fantastic job. "Captures" (better known as transfers) are straight into minimally-compressed DV, which you can dump into VirtualDubMod and edit via AVISynth scripts. You can also apply noise removal filters (or any other filters you like) using these scripts, and/or use virtualdub's inbuilt filters. When you're done, open the script file in your favorite encoder and encode away. Author to taste and burn!

I don't know of any stabilsation filters, but try the guide here for more information, and a really good starting point.