Canopus ADVC-100 Horizontal lines around movig objects

[johnwestsr2001]

Hi,

I finally decided to buy the unit after the good recommendations in this forum. The first test has not met my expectations.
The second is to read some more in this forum and I see other people complaining about the same problem. I have copied a paragraph from somebody else that describes the problem very accurate.

"the lines are noticeable "around" a person when they are walking from one side of the room to the other. The stationary objects in the room look like the source material it's just the moving person is kind of "liney."

Some of the responses indicate that it may be due to a poor video cable or a too long one. I have made it as short as possible (6 ft.) and using a good quality one with no positive results. Still the horizontal lines!

I have a still that illustrates the problem clearly if anyone is interested. I do not know how to upload the jpg (33 kB) so it can be seen by everyone.

Anybody has any ideas?

Thanks
JW

[teddymines]

It's called interlacing. Here is more information you can read:
http://www.lukesvideo.com/

[johnwestsr2001]

Thanks for your prompt answer teddymines

I read and partly understood the problem (at least I think since I am not an expert at this) For what I understood, the problem is hardware/visual and not in the unit that I bought.
I am is a bit dissapointed than since I thought that this unit was going to be an easier process, deliver a dv/avi file that I was going to edit with my favorite software and that was the end of the story. Aparently I am mistaken.
Is everybody forced to deinterlace or manipulate the captured video after capturing from this unit or is there something I can do?

I also read the solutions of removing the Interlacing Artifacts and I am in the process of evaluating the several methods that you outline. I am although having a difficult time understanding so many options in Virtualdub (1.4.10)
Could anybody replay with some advice on this?

I want to thank you again for a well outlined and simple guide to understand interlacing.

Thanks in advance
JW

[Anonymous65]

Ignore the interlacing artifatcs when editing and viewing on a PC monitor. When playing the video on a TV set, they will be gone. If you are going to play the video on a PC monitor only, you have to deinterlace the video. There are several free deinterlacing filters available, and deinterlacing is also a feature of many video editors and mpeg encoders. However, if you are going to play the video on a TV, do not deinterlace the video, you will loose vertical detail.

[ZenZen]

Skitelsen is absolutely right. The Canopus ADVC-100 is everything you hoped it would be, and more. Do not deinterlace the AVI, just encode it into SVCD or DVD and view it on your TV set. No interlacing now, just a clear and sharp picture

[johnwestsr2001]

Thanks all for the info, after reading the guides of what interlacing is and how it may affect the visual in a lcd computer monitor and after reading the guides posted by skittelsen on "Capture and burn a VCD" excelent gude!

I am on my way to producing my old videos stored in VHS and 8mm.

The goal is to produce SVCD and burn it into a DVD or CDR, so far, capturing I have tryed the Studio 8, VirtualDub and others and unfortunatelly I do not see great quality, I guess there is a tweeking process to achieve that, understanding that crap in = crap out.

The preliminary test are not great, I tryed with good quality VHS's and directly from TV, VHS is a bit better (with to manu white edges around the persons).TV is terrible, grainy etc.

I have read the guides about that but I am curious to know what may you guys are doing, can you share your expertise?

BTW, I have set up the reply to be notified when a reply is posted but I am not getting anything, is there something I can do?

Thanks again

JW

[i_am_dave]

Are you saying that the quality of the capture is worse than the original VHS source material?

Or is the VHS source material bad?

I have never seen the ADVC-100 degrade the material. In fact, it is pretty good at stabilizing some VHS material that tends to be jumpy.

Another thing to consider is whether you are previewing your material at the captured resolution. Sometimes when the video is displayed at full screen or a higher resolution than the source, degradation occurs.

I have been able to capture some pretty bad stuff with my ADVC and then clean it up with VirtualDub.

[johnwestsr2001]

Sorry for my delay in the response, vacation time at last!
Well I am back now.

No, I am not saying that the Canopus degrades the quality, I guess that in this case the VHS was a bit old and the quality was not great.

The main defect is all around the objects a white border too noticeable, do not know how to correct. Could you advice on how to correct this?

You said that you were able to clean up with Virtualdub. What steps did you follow?

TIA

JW

[i_am_dave]

Is it just white? or all brite colors? I am thinking that the color saturation is a little too high.
Can you snap off a picture and post it for us?

[johnwestsr2001]

Hi, Thanks for your answer again. One thing I hate about vacation is coming back. Things pile up and you have to work twice as much to catch up.

Ok, since I do not know how to upload a picture I have placed a 2 sec clip in this url http://DayCareEZ.com/Sample.mpg
Please let me know if this is enough.

Thanks again

JW