[MPlayer-users] Framerate - VHS

[Fabio Papa]

On Friday 07 May 2004 12:04, frytek wrote:
> i've got a series of 4 VHS tapes with some cartoons i would like to
> capture. they are all new, of good quality and capture goes well except for
> one of them. when watched, this tape seems completely normal and does not
> differ from the other three.
>
> but when i try to capture it, the framerate drops to 16 - 18 fps and the
> final quality is very bad: the codec kind of sticks to one frame and shows
> it continuously for a few minutes. i mean, a certain frame blinks
> continuously for a long time, even if the picture shows already something
> different.
>
> any hints?
Hi,
I assume you're using some sort of cheap tv card to capture, like ones based 
on bt8x8?
If so, it could be that the signal coming from the tape is good for tv but not 
enough for the board. I had those problems also, and I solved by buying 
another card, a pvr250. :(

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Fabio Papa
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