I recently bought a cheap USB capturing device to convert some old VHS and camcorder tapes (Magix 'Rescue Your Videotapes 6').
The mystery is - all my tapes (camcorder and VHS) play back fine through a TV - and the camcorder can send a 'live' picture to the PC through the new USB capture device no problem (ie I can put the camera into 'camera' mode and the live pictures are perfect and I can record them no problem) - but as soon as I try playing back the tapes (which I know are perfectly fine), the picture goes very, very bad.. distorted, wavey lots of interference lines etc... but I can see through the view finder that the picture is playing back fine...? (I am using the same composite leads I use to send picture to a TV).
I've tried 2 different PCs (in different rooms to rule out interference), different leads and different video sources (VCR and camcorder)...
Is there something daft I am doing or missing, which could cause the difference in quality between recording a 'live' signal and recording back a tape....?
Everything in the software is set correctly - but obviously I have still tried every available option just incase... I checked the tabs on the cassettes are in place incase it was Macrovision causing the interference...
Or does it sound like I just got a dud...? but if this is the case I can't understand why the recordings of live video is OK.... how does it know..???
Thanks
The mystery is - all my tapes (camcorder and VHS) play back fine through a TV - and the camcorder can send a 'live' picture to the PC through the new USB capture device no problem (ie I can put the camera into 'camera' mode and the live pictures are perfect and I can record them no problem) - but as soon as I try playing back the tapes (which I know are perfectly fine), the picture goes very, very bad.. distorted, wavey lots of interference lines etc... but I can see through the view finder that the picture is playing back fine...? (I am using the same composite leads I use to send picture to a TV).
I've tried 2 different PCs (in different rooms to rule out interference), different leads and different video sources (VCR and camcorder)...
Is there something daft I am doing or missing, which could cause the difference in quality between recording a 'live' signal and recording back a tape....?
Everything in the software is set correctly - but obviously I have still tried every available option just incase... I checked the tabs on the cassettes are in place incase it was Macrovision causing the interference...
Or does it sound like I just got a dud...? but if this is the case I can't understand why the recordings of live video is OK.... how does it know..???
Thanks