| OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775839] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:11 |
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Listen, oh FOAK, our FOAK is unique.....
I have a sweet little PVR / video capture card in my PC which I intended
to archive many old VHS tapes to our media server.
It's fine for anything up to about 30 mins, but for a full movie, by the
end the sound is about 2 seconds out of synch with the video.
I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
situation, so what's at fault? The PC has *loads* of spare power, RAM
and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
Suggestions?
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775850 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:24 |
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catman <catman [at] cuorerust-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
>situation, so what's at fault? The PC has *loads* of spare power, RAM
>and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
might be useful if you told us what the software actually is...
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775854 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:26 |
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darsy wrote:
> catman <catman [at] cuorerust-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
>>situation, so what's at fault? The PC has *loads* of spare power, RAM
>>and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
>
>
> might be useful if you told us what the software actually is...
>
Netfast WinPVR
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775868 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:45 |
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catman wrote:
> Listen, oh FOAK, our FOAK is unique.....
>
> I have a sweet little PVR / video capture card in my PC which I
> intended to archive many old VHS tapes to our media server.
>
> It's fine for anything up to about 30 mins, but for a full movie, by
> the end the sound is about 2 seconds out of synch with the video.
>
> I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
> situation, so what's at fault? The PC has loads of spare power, RAM
> and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
>
> Suggestions?
Does it capture uncompressed video, or does it do some kind of
compression (xvid, divx etc.) on the fly?
Might be worth trying to capture it uncompressed first (uses loadsa
disk, so make sure you have plenty). Then run it through a compression
program. Eg I think virtualdub will do it. Alternatively you can play
around with virtualdub also I think and stretch or compress the audio
as appropriate for 2 seconds over the duration. It's a pain, and easier
if you can capture it right first time.
www.videohelp.com is a good source of info.
HTH
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775870 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:47 |
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Simon Wilson wrote:
> catman wrote:
>
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>>Listen, oh FOAK, our FOAK is unique.....
>>
>>I have a sweet little PVR / video capture card in my PC which I
>>intended to archive many old VHS tapes to our media server.
>>
>>It's fine for anything up to about 30 mins, but for a full movie, by
>>the end the sound is about 2 seconds out of synch with the video.
>>
>>I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
>>situation, so what's at fault? The PC has loads of spare power, RAM
>>and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
>>
>>Suggestions?
>
>
> Does it capture uncompressed video, or does it do some kind of
> compression (xvid, divx etc.) on the fly?
Pass. There are plenty of options.
> Might be worth trying to capture it uncompressed first (uses loadsa
> disk, so make sure you have plenty). Then run it through a compression
> program. Eg I think virtualdub will do it. Alternatively you can play
> around with virtualdub also I think and stretch or compress the audio
> as appropriate for 2 seconds over the duration. It's a pain, and easier
> if you can capture it right first time.
Currently trying to grab to avi. Would that count as un-compressed?
> www.videohelp.com is a good source of info.
Cheers
> HTH
Could be
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775877 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:53 |
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catman wrote:
<snip>
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> Pass. There are plenty of options.
> > Might be worth trying to capture it uncompressed first (uses loadsa
> > disk, so make sure you have plenty). Then run it through a
> > compression program. Eg I think virtualdub will do it.
> > Alternatively you can play around with virtualdub also I think and
> > stretch or compress the audio as appropriate for 2 seconds over the
> > duration. It's a pain, and easier if you can capture it right first
> > time.
>
> Currently trying to grab to avi. Would that count as un-compressed?
>
Not necessarily. Avi's can be uncompressed too. Somewhere there might
be an option to select the codec. One of them should be 'no
compression' or similar.
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/Simon
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775878 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 13:54 |
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catman wrote:
> Listen, oh FOAK, our FOAK is unique.....
>
> I have a sweet little PVR / video capture card in my PC which I
> intended to archive many old VHS tapes to our media server.
>
> It's fine for anything up to about 30 mins, but for a full movie, by
> the end the sound is about 2 seconds out of synch with the video.
>
> I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
> situation, so what's at fault? The PC has loads of spare power, RAM
> and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
>
> Suggestions?
Doesn't VirtualDub correct those sort of issues, by rebuilding indices?
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775905 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 14:39 |
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Simon Wilson wrote:
> catman wrote:
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> <snip>
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>>Pass. There are plenty of options.
>>
>>>Might be worth trying to capture it uncompressed first (uses loadsa
>>>disk, so make sure you have plenty). Then run it through a
>>>compression program. Eg I think virtualdub will do it.
>>>Alternatively you can play around with virtualdub also I think and
>>>stretch or compress the audio as appropriate for 2 seconds over the
>>>duration. It's a pain, and easier if you can capture it right first
>>>time.
>>
>>Currently trying to grab to avi. Would that count as un-compressed?
>>
>
>
> Not necessarily. Avi's can be uncompressed too. Somewhere there might
> be an option to select the codec. One of them should be 'no
> compression' or similar.
Right. AVI made it worse. I'm trying with a copy of Ulead that I have
as well now.
We shall see
Ta.
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| Re: OT: VHS capture to disk: Sound synch issues [message #775906 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 14:40 |
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Cab wrote:
> catman wrote:
>
>
>>Listen, oh FOAK, our FOAK is unique.....
>>
>>I have a sweet little PVR / video capture card in my PC which I
>>intended to archive many old VHS tapes to our media server.
>>
>>It's fine for anything up to about 30 mins, but for a full movie, by
>>the end the sound is about 2 seconds out of synch with the video.
>>
>>I can't seem to find any combinations of settings that improve the
>>situation, so what's at fault? The PC has loads of spare power, RAM
>>and disk space. I can only assume it's the software.
>>
>>Suggestions?
>
>
> Doesn't VirtualDub correct those sort of issues, by rebuilding indices?
>
>
I believe you can stretch / compress the audio but it' sounds a bit of a
PITA IYSWIM.
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