Transferring VHS Tapes to Computer: Euro Cable, Grabber Connections, & Pairing Guide

Hello,

I have a question about the cables I need.
I have a VHS player with euro cable - attachment 4914543800...159626.jpg Download (45.44 kB)

the wide part of the cable was connected to the TV, and four cables to the player, a question about how to pair it using a grabber of this type? e5aa72fe4b...080f4b.jpg Download (19.85 kB)

You connect the Grabber directly to the player's outputs.
As a TV, you have a computer screen.
Alternatively, if the player has an S-VHS output (it's a black thick socket on the grabber) then connect the S-VHS to the grabber and you have an image on the PC screen, and the cinch cable with a SCART connector to the TV (but what for?)

1st wrote:

You connect the Grabber directly to the player's outputs.
As a TV, you have a computer screen.
Alternatively, if the player has an S-VHS output (it's a black thick socket on the grabber) then connect the S-VHS to the grabber and you have an image on the PC screen, and the cinch cable with a SCART connector to the TV (but what for?)

but the grabber does not connect directly to the player, because you need a male chinch, and the grabber is female and I do not know if it is enough to find a cable with four male chinch on one side and the other three chinch male to the graham.

standard chinch-chinch cable on one side 3 plugs and on the other the same, usually white / yellow, red, black.

okay the cables are all running, but there is one problem.
The video recorder is connected by a scart-3chinch cable to the grabber and the one to the computer. I installed "avs video recorder" and "golden videos vhs" the image is visible but the image moves to the left and right, it jumps horizontally. How to connect these cables without the "easier cap" grabber to the tv everything is ok, nothing jumps, and when connected to the computer this problem occurs (I tried on two computers with different graphics cards, memory etc.) what can be the problem?

1. In what state is the VCR readout? Have you even performed a basic test of connecting this device to the TV and checked what the picture looks like on it?
2. In what condition is the material intended for digitization. Is the belt mechanically damaged? The bending of the lower edge of the belt, often occurring at the damaged bearing of the pressure roller, causes problems with reading the CTL 25Hz path, and then stairs appear.
3. If the above-mentioned cases were over, did you check the settings of the filter that captures the video stream? In the settings of the DirectShow control you should have a clearly marked "video input"

If, despite this, the image "flags" left-right or jumps up-down, it can mean a problem with the recording itself. In particular, copies of the nth generation can have multiplied time errors of the video signal and then help only a decent SVHS deck with TBC or DVHS.

Pzdr.

Atreyu wrote:

1. In what state is the VCR readout? Have you even performed a basic test of connecting this device to the TV and checked what the picture looks like on it?
2. In what condition is the material intended for digitization. Is the belt mechanically damaged? The bending of the lower edge of the belt, often occurring at the damaged bearing of the pressure roller, causes problems with reading the CTL 25Hz path, and then stairs appear.
3. If the above-mentioned cases were over, did you check the settings of the filter that captures the video stream? In the settings of the DirectShow control you should have a clearly marked "video input"

If, despite this, the image "flags" left-right or jumps up-down, it can mean a problem with the recording itself. In particular, copies of the nth generation can have multiplied time errors of the video signal and then help only a decent SVHS deck with TBC or DVHS.

Pzdr.

1) I do not know it, but the old generation VCR-R7EMK video player has been connected to the new HD TV and there is no problem with the picture, nothing jumps, no noise, the picture is a little fuzzy, but probably a different resolution wine.

2) The tapes are in good condition with no visible damage or bends.

3) where to look exactly in which tab? (dropped in the attachment)

kkaroll89 wrote:

3) where to look exactly in which tab? (dropped in the attachment)

I do not know the programs you use. In VirtualDub:
-> capture mode \ video \ Capture filter \ VCR input



In one of my cards, this control is inactive, because the card does well with the deformed signal, in the other it works but I do not use it anyway because the image goes through the TBC fullframe.

Pzdr.

Atreyu wrote:

kkaroll89 wrote:

3) where to look exactly in which tab? (dropped in the attachment)

I do not know the programs you use. In VirtualDub:
-> capture mode \ video \ Capture filter \ VCR input



In one of my cards, this control is inactive, because the card does well with the deformed signal, in the other it works but I do not use it anyway because the image goes through the TBC fullframe.

Pzdr.

After entering the Capture filter, there is no window like this but you can see it:

and I have something like that, some errors:

It is difficult for me to advise something because looking at the settings of the dshow intercept filter you can see a tragedy here. Apart from procamp, there is nothing there, unless in the "camera adjustment" tab whatever it means ...

Perhaps the drivers for this "technical marvel" do not offer the synchro time constant compensation, and then it will help only full frame TBC connected between VTR and grabber. Unfortunately, the cost of such a device is greater than 20 such USB grabbers put together ...

My experience with similar devices was limited to one of the more expensive "pendrajwopodobnych" USB grabbers, i.e. Reflecta USB Video Grabber AV 2.0:

https://www.morele.net/reflecta-usb-video-grabber-av-2-0-grabberav2-0-718827/

This device had the option of switching on the "video recorder" mode, but it offered such a nasty quality of the captured image that I never used this device to make a commercial copy of the recording. For several years it lay like a "reserve" on the bookshelf, until finally some of the friends were mishappy with that ...

I suggest looking for a decent framegrabber from the Pinnacle, Hauppauge or Blackmagic Design stables, because this photo from the first post may not surprise you again with various surprises

Hello
I use a stationary DVD recorder, it is the best and cheapest way to transfer movies to a digital form (the recorder cost about 340 PLN). Editing DVD movies is a feat that can be implemented on many programs.
The only losing player's input is choosing the input (my recorder has 4) and choosing the recording speed (the same as the length of Video 60, 120, 180, 240 minutes on DVD).
Because the recorder does not record DVBT it is movie losing that became her main activity, maybe some cable TVs give an analog signal, but less and less .
greetings

PiotrPitucha wrote:

I use a stationary DVD recorder, it is the best and cheapest way to transfer movies to digital form

As it is the SIMPLEST, the cheapest ... it's also agreement, but as for the BEST, I will not agree It depends on whoever considers the best. How much you need an archaic MPEG-2 D1 / SD stream and image processing in a lossy compression and color space YUV420 is from poverty ...

Hello
In relation to the source which is VHS to DVD it is a nice method.
If we have a digital stream then there is no need to use the complex video signal conversion and then another fairy tale begins ...
greetings