Capture Video

[kiribati]

Hi all,

 

Just got Easy VHS to DVD had a little problem installing but got it working. Now my question to all is there a setting somewhere that will let you keep capturing even though there is no signal? I have some blank spots on my home movie tape and it causes the capture part of the program to stop. I don't want to have to sit there with a two hour tape and have to stop and start it all the time. Would like to just let it run through the whole tape and capture the whole thing. I can edit out the blank spots later.

 

 

Thank you all for any help you can offer.

 

 

Kiribati

[kiribati]

Thank you for your help.

I am just useing a VCR that i had already tranfered the video to from my old sony 8mm camcorder which has went kaput and it would just cost to much to get fixed if there are even parts avaible for it anymore.

 

If I were to burn it directly to DVD instead of just capturing it to my hard drive would it still stop at each blank spot or would it record the whole tape to the DVD?

 

Again thanks for you help..

 

Kiribati

 

[Duggeek]

[...]I have some blank spots on my home movie tape and it causes the capture part of the program to stop. I don't want to have to sit there with a two hour tape and have to stop and start it all the time. Would like to just let it run through the whole tape and capture the whole thing. I can edit out the blank spots later.[...]

A similar question seems to pop-up now and again, and the answer continues to be the same; the software will stop capturing when there is signal-loss... period.

 

A few workarounds have been proposed. If you're working from analog capture (using red/white/yellow A/V or S-Video cable to capture) then the answer may be adding a pass-thru device to keep the signal alive. This can mean something simple like a VCR, depending on what you have available to you.

 

For instance, if you are using a camcorder for playback, hook three devices together to capture the video:

[ Camcorder ] ---> [ VCR ] ---> [ RoxioUSB ]

 

Depending on the VCR, you may have just a black screen during the 'gaps', or you may get the popular blue-screen (since the camcorder turns off NTSC modulation during blank-tape segments) which would be generated by the VCR. With the two combined, it's possible that Roxio will sense a signal for the entire length of the tape.

 

Let us know if that solves it for you, best of luck!