Video Capturing Problem MyViVo

[BigCat]

Hey guys, I am wondering if anyone here has faced the following problem:

I am trying to capture some video from my camcorder using my Leadtek Winfast 4200 card. The picture looks fine during preview and while recording. The problem is when I stop recording and play it back in the PC, there is a huge white horizontal band in the middle of the picture blocking most of it (see gif below). I can only see the top and bottom part. I dont know what the issue could be.

I dont have this problem recording other video inputs, such as VCR, or DSS. I am thinking it could be a problem with the camera itself while transferring the video, sound is ok. I have tried different capture formats (MPEG-1,2, windows video, AVI, etc.. same problem).



Thanks

[TwoRails]

Hi karlos_luis


Is this an Analog or DV camera? When recording, I take it you are using the very same composite jack on the vid card?

Does the camera work / does the picture look OK if you plug the camera into the VCR and play the tape on the TV?

TwoRails

[BigCat]

Thanks TwoRails, my comments below:

Originally posted by TwoRails Hi karlos_luis Is this an Analog or DV camera?

uhmm... digital (I think )

When recording, I take it you are using the very same composite jack on the vid card?

The camera has regular RCA A/V connectors as well as S-Video. They can be configured for Input or Output. Of course, in this case I have them as Output. I have tried both RCA and S-Video, same result. These are connected to the vid card input jack (RCA and S-video).

Does the camera work / does the picture look OK if you plug the camera into the VCR and play the tape on the TV? TwoRails

case 1: camera output connected to TV Input: perfect playback. no problems. good picture.

case 2: camera output connected to VCR input for recording. The white band does not show up but the quality of the picture is very bad even while recording. This is why I ended up trying my PC's video card.

I hope I answered your questions.

[TwoRails]

Hi BigCat

The only thing I can think of right now is that the camera is setup to output European "PAL" format inside of American "NTSC-M" (or the other way 'round depending on your location).

Check your owner's manual to see how to change this setting.

(also, but I highly doubt it, it could be some kind of copywrite tape you are trying to play... but this is footage you actually shot with the same camera, right?)

HTH

TwoRails

[BigCat]

Thanks TwoRails. I am clueless too. My location is US and I bought the camera here. Yes, the manual says it is for NTSC-M systems. And yes, these are personal videos I shot with the same camera. I guess I'll need to borrow another cam from somebody and try it to see what happens. Thanks again.

[RJ]

uhmm... digital (I think )

Well, you should check it. If it's digital you better connect it via firewire can just copy the video in its original quality to hard drive.
I have no idea either why your problem happens, though.

RJ