<div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/17 David Brodbeck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us">gull@gull.us</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Kilian wrote:<br>
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When I watch the VCR tape via Myth's Live TV, every 5-6 seconds the picture also hangs for about half a second.<br>
This only happens when recording (resp. live watching) from the VCR, there are no problems when recording/watching cable TV. I cannot understand this, as both use the same input on the PVR-350. What is the difference between the cable TV signal and the VCR signal?<br>
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Any ideas? Thanks!<br>
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Is this a commercially-recorded videotape? If it has Macrovision copy protection, that could cause this type of problem. There are various devices you can hook up between your VCR and capture card that will fix this. Try Googling for "video clarifier" or "video stabilizer."<br>
</blockquote></div><br>No, one tape is home-recorded, the other was copied from an old super-8-movie some 10 or 20 years ago by a professional service.<br><br>Another strange thing I found today: If I capture directly from /dev/video0 (dd if=/dev/video0 of=test.mpg) and watch this with mplayer, there is no time lapse. Thus it seems to be some Myth problem, isn't it?<br>
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