Hi8 camcorder to PC capturing quality problem

I've had to do very odd things to correct for jitter and tracking NTSC/PAL issues. In one case I put it through a VCR to get a good track.

However if your Hitachi has FIREWIRE such as the model at http://www.videomaker.com/article/8043 then we want to use that.
Bob

Unfortunately the camcorder only has RCA and S-Video conections

Clive.

Supply model numbers so you get the best advice.

In this case I'd be trying other recorders. The tracking issue is well discussed and I wrote about using a VCR to drag the video out.
Bob

I did write the model number in the first post (Hitachi H38E) but then I missed it when I did the re write

I can try and get hold of another Hi8 camcorder but that might not be too easy these days. So you don't think buying a different capture device would make any difference, like a "pinnacle dazzle video creator"?

Thanks,

Clive.

But with all that HTML it wasn't easy to find. And looking for the manual didn't find a thing.

Looks like you need to try the old VCR method.
Bob

I have just rigged up the camcorder to my HDD/DVD recorder (Pioneer DVR-550H) and success a perfectly clear picture so far.

Thanks for your help Bob. I should have tried here earlier and saved myself two weeks of bad recordings!

Regards,

Clive.

The HDD/DVD recorder I have is the Philips one. It's the same idea in the long run. That is "try other digitizers and things."

If yours is like mine you can dub the video to DVD, close the session and then rip it off the Video DVD.
Bob

I'm sending it directly though the HDD/DVD recorder to my PC and then I will edit it before making the DVD and save a MPEG2 copy for future editing.

Clive.

S-video was the first HD or extended TV video medium. That would be the preferable way to capture the higher resolution. Stuck between the composite-component video and audio, if was the fist step to HD. I tried many capture cards and external USB devices, some work very well but not on all units. Interupts and scan rates can make flicker free operation easy but mixed results abound from driver interference and updates that overwrite files and send things off to left field. When installing those devices I like to make them the first hardware install so it's software will find the default interupts and not be forced to chose from leftovers. Care must be taken in any further hardware or USB drivers installations that they may interfere, a double check after a good insatll and again after each subsequent one will keep things working. Haupage makes the best cards and SIIG the smallest USB device. HD cards and USB units were in the close to $200. range. Many factors come into play with media frame rates and formats compared to capture parameters and display configurations on a viewing device.