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Posted by P Pron on 10/09/44 11:32
Paul wrote:
|| I have a Panasonic DMR E65 DVD recorder. I am currently in the
|| process of copying a lot of old VHS stuff onto DVD-RAM. (I am using
|| DVD-RAM so I can easily edit the footage via the DVD recorder menus
|| - DVD-R doesn't afford this facility).
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|| That aside, some of the original VHS stuff is of quite poor quality.
|| I am copying using a scart to phono lead - out from the scart on the
|| video, and into the phono inputs on the DVD recorder (ie white/red
|| audio, yellow video).
||
|| When playing back the recorded footage, the image is often 'blocky',
|| and it pauses for a second and then picks up again. Basically it's
|| unwatchable.
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|| The query is, are there ways around this? Will a top-of-the-range
|| cable do the trick?
|| Should I use scart to l/r audio and a SVHS connector?
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|| Or are there any other suggestions?
||
|| Many Thanks
|| Paul, Wakefield
What quality setting are you using for the recording? If it's too low, that
involves a lot of compression, which may be asking too much of the Panny's
circuitry. I haven't done any copying recently but didn't suffer the same
symptoms as you're having, when I last did some, at "standard" setting.
The problem I had (which might be relevant) was that the worn sections of
tape kept tricking the recorder into thinking that I was attempting to copy
Macrovision-protected originals. I got a so-called "video stabiliser" which
put a stop to that. I don't know whether these stabilisers are still
available in the shops - Maplin removed them from the shelves some time ago
"for legal reasons", they said....
If you can't find one locally, http://www.sonel.com/ might help - although I
hasten to add that I haven't bought from that particular supplier, and I
can't vouch for it!
hth
paul
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