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Thread: Shaky VHS to DVD transfer |
    
New member Username: Swami7774
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Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 05:30 pm: |
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I'm transferring old VHS stuff to DVD, using a Sony DVDirect. Some transfers, while looking fine during the recording process, are very jumpy and breaking up when I play the new DVD onto which the old stuff has been dubbed. The shakiness is not seen during recording, only on playback. Any suggestions? Keep in mind the old VHS stuff is material I recorded off cable TV years ago. I probably need a stabilizer(which might also take care of another issue regarding copyrights). Thanks. |
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Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2537
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 - 11:17 pm: |
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You could try a better VCR. Sounds like the TBC in the Sony, if it has one, doesn't work very good. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 09:01 am: |
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Nope, that's not it. I have 3 VCRs(Toshibas) of varying ages, and it happens on all 3. What's strange is that the playback on the VCR looks fine. The playback on the recorded DVD jumps and breaks up constantly. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2539
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:01 am: |
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If it skips and pixelates, it's probably poor quality media. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:07 am: |
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It doesn't pixillate. It just jumps, as if you're hitting the side of an old TV that has a loose connection somewhere.
The quality of the original VHS is not bad. What puzzles me is that it looks fine when played in the VHS, but something is happening to it during the transfer. Would a stabilizer connected between the VCR and the DVD recorder help this? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2541
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 02:44 pm: |
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What brand and speed discs are you using? Jitter is usually a problem with the transfer, skipping and/or pausing is usually media. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 10:18 am: |
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Verbatim Double-Layer blank DVDs. Speed? 2.4 |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2546
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:01 pm: |
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Are you playing the discs on the recorder? Dual layer discs on a player may or may not work. They should play on the recorder if it advertises dual layer burning. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 01:52 pm: |
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No. I'm recording the dual layer disks on the Sony DVDirect and playing them back on a regular DVD player.
The shakiness/jitteryness doesn't occur with all transfers, just certain ones. I can't find a common denominator in the problem transfers, though--other than they look fine playing back on the VCR, then look like crap on the DVD. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2548
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| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 11:31 pm: |
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Do they play OK on the Sony? |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 08:36 am: |
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Actually, I've never used the Sony as a playback; only my DVD player and the computer. I'm not sure the DVDirect is usable as a playback. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2550
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 12:30 pm: |
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I'm not familiar with that recorder. Try using single layer discs. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 01:53 pm: |
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You think the problem could lie in the disks rather than the process? |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2552
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 02:42 pm: |
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Verbatim discs are good discs. I think the problem may be playing dual layer discs on a player. Not very many players advertise playback of burned dual layer discs. |
New member Username: Swami7774
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 05:39 pm: |
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You could be right, but if that were the case, wouldn't it be evident with every dual-layer disk I burn? The problem is there only on occasion. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 2553
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| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 08:26 pm: |
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I've had problems with some discs while others worked fine in the past, before I started using only Taiyo Yuden discs. Lots of people have reported problems with dual layer discs. They aren't as reliable as single layer discs. |
