Question on removing statics on capture

[paya]

I am getting alot of statics all over my captures directly off tv and vhs. Can anyone tell me how I can remove these statics? I have a 3 years old wintv-go(404something) card that I am just starting to use it for capture.(have the drivers download from btwincap.sourceforge.net installed) Is there a good setup I can use for the capture? or is it my card too old that I need to get a newer card to capture without getting all those statics?

[Thorn]

Well, that is a broad issue. I'm assuming you're talking about noise (such as mosquito noise) Some places to start:

1. Good video cables and connectors can help prevent noise being introduced in the line. You want to start with as good of a signal as possible.

2. Capturing at higher resolutions can improve video quality a bit. Also capturing losslessly (such as with Huffyuv) can prevent adding more noise before you can filter it. Capturing direct to mpeg is typically a bad idea unless you have no other choise.

3. Filtering (with filters such as VirtualDub's noise filter and temporal smoother) can remove a lot of noise but don't overdo it or you'll blur your video.

There are a lot of guides to help and it will take a bit of experimentation to find the best solution for your card.

[gll99]

Edited...

I read it too quickly and saw audio static. User was talking about video static

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[paya]

wow...Thorn, thank you.
Just tried it out and the quality of the capture so excellent. :P