I'm getting a white flicker at the top of my screen....

[Tic-Tok]

When I try to capture from my vcr to my PC, I get a white flicker at the top part of my screen. I also get this when I try and play a vcr movie through my PC.

I'm using a 9700 AIW. When I capture cable TV I don't get this problem. Also when I have my VCR directly hooked up to my TV I don't get this problem.

Any hep would be appreciated. Thanx.

[FOO]

I think the only thing to do is
use a video editor to get rid of it.
Virtual dub has a filter that essentially paints a few lines black.

[g_shocker182]

Try different inputs/ outputs.

Fuzzy video at the sides of video is a problem with soem analog captures.

[redwudz]

You may be seeing the noise from the vcr, though usually it's a jagged white line on the bottom of the screen. TV's don't show 100 percent of the screen like a computer monitor does, so you wouldn't see it on a TV screen. You can edit it out with virtual dub or TMPGEnc, but if you are just capturing for TV it may not show anyway.

[macm]

This is an often vcr signal problem. You will eliminate it only with a high end, top model VCR, such as JVC HR-s 9800U, or with a standalone TBC. I used to have those bouncing, jitter stuffs, even with original recorded retail tapes, and only full eliminate those kind of problems with the above mentioned type of VCR. I also found that onboard sound causes such problems, even with sound cards, try to tweak the sound, lowering the sound hardware acceleration and stuff.

Good luck.

[macm]

Just to complement....
I do my caps also with an ATI AIW 9700 PRO, MPEG-2 DVD, and after purchasing the JVC9800U, all my problem are gone. That machine is a MUST for real perfect caps.

[Tic-Tok]

Thanx for the responces.


I forgot to say I'm using a JVC HR-S2911U. I've got it connected through a S-Video cable.

[dfwbmw]

I was getting that also from my HI8 tapes to get them to DVD. I captured the 2 hour tape many time to find out what worked best. Somes times it did not have the flicker just like you described. I kepted the file that did not have the flicker. I put in another tape and it does not have the flicker. I might just be a break down in the tape. I don't know but the ones that do have flicker are my oldest ones.

Later