Video Jitter and Non Consistent FPS VHS Capture VirtualDub

[JonnyAlpha]

Hi;

I am trying to capture some old VHS tapes to AVI for editing etc.


I have finall managed to get my TV Card working with VirtualDub but now when watching the Video Preview the FPS drops to 12 / 13 FPS and it is very shuddery.


When I capture the Video I have again noticed that the FPS is very low and in the bottom left bar of the VDub shows up to 17ms of Jitter.


Sometimes the display is OK by seems to freeze frame every second.


Any idea what is causing this and how do I correct it.


My setup:
Abit AN-M2HD
Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 4000+
2GB DDR Ram
Windows XP Pro 2002 SP2


Pinnacle Studio PCTVRave


The video on the TV that it is playing back through is crystal clear.

[hech54]

Hi;

I am trying to capture some old VHS tapes to AVI for editing etc.

What KIND of "AVI"?

[Cauptain]

Try record in Virtualdub using UT Video Codec ULY2.

Remember: NEVER check "ENABLE AUDIO PLAYBACK". Its slow ANY VIDEO in ANY Capture Card.



Claudio

[JonnyAlpha]

Hi;

I am trying to capture some old VHS tapes to AVI for editing etc.

What KIND of "AVI"?

Audio Video Interleave (.avi) files is there another type?

[JonnyAlpha]

Try record in Virtualdub using UT Video Codec ULY2.

Remember: NEVER check "ENABLE AUDIO PLAYBACK". Its slow ANY VIDEO in ANY Capture Card.



Claudio

I was using HUFFYUV lossless codec?? Which is recommended everywhere else is ULY2 better?
I did have "Enable Audio Playback" so I'll try with that off.


Thanks

[sanlyn]

I was using HUFFYUV lossless codec?? Which is recommended everywhere else is ULY2 better?

Not especially. No reason to change. If using huffyuv you should capture to YUY2 AVI, which will be easier to use with other software than UT. "AVI" is a container that can support many video formats. Using huffyuv or Lagarith you'll be capturing unencoded lossless video (which is preferred for VHS).

I don't think anyone here would recommend Pinnacle for anything. Period. But if that's all you have to work with, so be it.

[JonnyAlpha]

I don't think anyone here would recommend Pinnacle for anything. Period. But if that's all you have to work with, so be it.

I have given up with my Pinnacle TV Card and VrtualDub and have put my Hauppage HVR1300 back in.
I am now capturing all in MPEG and will edit later with AVIDEMUX or MPEG Streamclip.


Thanks