Proc amp for this setup (vhs ripping)

[anbu_zim]

Hello!

Ripping VHSs with EasyCap (off of 91' Panasonic Omnimovie VHS camcorder), wanted to know if i should get a video/audio processor and which was best for around $50-100. I was looking at Elite Video BVP4+ and didn't know for sure if it was compatible or not.. i guess i'll be using s-video???? Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thank you!

Camcorder --> EVB4+ --> detailer? --> easycap ????????///

What is a better proc amp? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-Digital-AV-Mixer-WJ-AVE5-Hardware-with-Instruction-M...item2a4820401e ???

Could I in theory use both, would there be a loss of image quality?

is VHS pal or ntsc?? at what fps does vhs go?

[jagabo]

Doesn't the EasyCap have a proc amp? Just go from Camcorder to EasyCap. Do all your processing in software.

VHS can be PAL or NTSC.

By the way, the device you linked to looks like a mixer, not a proc amp.

[anbu_zim]

thanks for the reply.

how can i tell if what i'm shooting is pal or ntsc?

i don't really wanna do anything digitally except the rip from easycap. wouldn't the old school manual way provide better results?

also how big a role does the vhs player itself play in terms of quality?

[Cornucopia]

Depends on where you live and/or bought your equipment. Here is an (older) list: http://countrycode.org/tv-standards. Note that countries that utilized SECAM broadcasting systems worked with PAL playback equipment.

If your (analog) image is a 525 line & 29.97fps interlaced format, it's NTSC. If your image is a 625 line & 25fps interlaced format, it's PAL.

What do you mean "old school manual way"?

I'll let others talk about VCRs, but because you are working with VHS, the difference between a decent and the best VCRs is fairly small. However, if you don't have a decent VCR, it will ruin your transfer (not "ripping" at all, BTW).

Scott

[jagabo]

how can i tell if what i'm shooting is pal or ntsc?

Generally by what country you're in, or where you bought your equipment. Or if you try to capture with the wrong setting you'll get no picture or a distorted picture.

i don't really wanna do anything digitally except the rip from easycap. wouldn't the old school manual way provide better results?

If you're not going to perform any filtering or cleaning on the computer then you'll want to treat the signal with external hardware ask you mentioned.

also how big a role does the vhs player itself play in terms of quality?

For best quality you want an S-VHS deck with a line TBC. The line TBC is the single most important feature for the quality of the video. The problem with this is that no S-VHS deck has been manufuctured in over 10 years. Buying old ones is a crap shoot.

You can also use a lesser VHS deck and a DVD recorder with a line TBC in pass-through mode. Don't record onto DVD (unless you want to), just pass the signal through the machine. Quality with normal VHS decks will vary. Some have sharpening filter and noise filters -- all of which I would avoid if you plan on software filtering. They are cheap tricks designed in the day when people had small analog TVs. The problems they introduce are exacerbated by big digital TVs.