I recently just got a VC500 because jagabo helped me realize my old USB capture device, the StarTech SVID2USB2, might contain an automatic gain control, which may have been causing crushed blacks. So I went ahead and bought the Diamond VC500 because I had read it didn't contain an automatic gain control. Well I tested it out and I found something interesting: The video was in black and white!!
I looked up the capture filter's proc amp using VirtualVCR and VirtualDub, and all I could adjust was brightness and contrast. All other settings were disabled and I couldn't adjust them.
The curious thing is, when I use EzGrabber, the program that was included in the installation CD, the video is really desaturated (almost black and white) and the hue is off. But the funny thing is, the program actually allows me to adjust the saturation and hue to bring it back to normal!!
So I guess my question is: how come EzGrabber can adjust these settings which I can't adjust in VirtualVCR or VirtualDub? And how can I fix it so they ARE adjustable? I really don't like EzGrabber's quality because it's really blurry and I also can't encode my capture with a lossless format.
Also, maybe if there is a fix to this proc amp issue, then I can also fix the proc amp with StarTech SVID2USB2 which would only let me adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness (maybe I can fix the crushed blacks if I could adjust the gamma or white balance??)
I looked up the capture filter's proc amp using VirtualVCR and VirtualDub, and all I could adjust was brightness and contrast. All other settings were disabled and I couldn't adjust them.
The curious thing is, when I use EzGrabber, the program that was included in the installation CD, the video is really desaturated (almost black and white) and the hue is off. But the funny thing is, the program actually allows me to adjust the saturation and hue to bring it back to normal!!
So I guess my question is: how come EzGrabber can adjust these settings which I can't adjust in VirtualVCR or VirtualDub? And how can I fix it so they ARE adjustable? I really don't like EzGrabber's quality because it's really blurry and I also can't encode my capture with a lossless format.
Also, maybe if there is a fix to this proc amp issue, then I can also fix the proc amp with StarTech SVID2USB2 which would only let me adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and sharpness (maybe I can fix the crushed blacks if I could adjust the gamma or white balance??)