Composite Capture from VHS -- lose signal

[poncho524]

I'm using a Hauppauge HD PVR Rocket to transfer some VHS.

Unfortunately there are plenty of times on VHS when you have gaps of static or just bad data, and this causes a loss of signal (video sync), which on a TV would just give you a temp blue screen, but the Hauppauge decides that means it should stop recording.

So I can't get through a whole tape without the Rocket detecting loss of sync and ending the recording early.

Does anyone know a trick here? Is there a way to get the Rocket to keep recording? Or is there a Composite adapter box that will just output a blue screen when input goes bad, therefore maintaining output sync?

[Vidd]

You might try a different VCR or check your VCR menu settings if you have a higher end model. I know on my Panasonic there is a menu item that can be selected to blue screen static.

I have a Hauppauge HD PVR 2 but I get much better results from my Canopus DV firewire box, my old ATI PCI capture card, and my standalone DVD recorder.

I know some don't like the Canopus boxes since they capture in DV, but for really bad problem tapes they are very good at keeping the sound in sync.

[poncho524]

So I'm still having trouble with capturing VHS. Some segments of tape get a little wonky. Watching these segments on a TV aren't a problem because you still get the gist of whats going on. But my capture device always "loses signal" during those segments.

Does anyone know of a pass-thru composite stabilizer that will output a valid video sync while still showing, as best it can, what the input is?

[Skiller]

Does anyone know of a pass-thru composite stabilizer that will output a valid video sync while still showing, as best it can, what the input is?

Panasonic DVD or DVD/HDD recorders. Commonly used models for this task (at which they truly excel by the way!) are the DMR-ES15 and the DMR-ES10, but to my knowledge any Panasonic model will do, except some very, very old ones that do not start with "DMR".