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kcarroll wrote on 6/26/2002, 1:04 PM
Ripper;

Yes, this is one of my most common tasks. You do, however, have to hit ALL the bases when you set it up.

1) When you hit "Make Movie", make sure you pick the "Print your movie to DV tape" option.
2) Make sure your RCA cables are plugged into the ports on the BACK of the ADVC-100. Those are the output ports. If you are using two sets of cables, disconnect any that are connected to the FRONT ports on the ADVC-100. The ADVC-100 searches for any active port, and any signal presented to the input ports while you are trying to output can confuse it.
3) Make sure your RCA cables are plugged into the VIDEO IN ports on your VCR. (Don't laugh, I screwed this one up myself!)
4) Make sure you hit the button on the front of the ADVC-100 to toggle it to "Digital In". (It will be receiving a digital stream from your computer.)
5) Make sure your VCR channel select is set for the channel that addresses your RCA-in ports. (A TV connected to the VCR as a monitor is a HUGE help here. I bought a little B&W 5 inch for $33 at Kmart.)
6) Make sure you have disabled the "Enable DV device Control" option in capture preferences. The ADVC-100 will not acknowledge VF's attempts at digital control the way a camcorder will.

kcarroll
the_ripper wrote on 6/26/2002, 1:49 PM
Thanks dude. You may have something with the channel thing, though I thought the rca input jacks were priority over anything else. I will test that. also need to see option "6"...not sure on that either. so far I get snow. the_ripper
kcarroll wrote on 6/26/2002, 2:50 PM
Just an after thought: Maybe you already know, but the ADVC-100 doesn't need a computer to do it's thing.

If you want to convert either way, you can do it directly thought the ADVC-100. Analog VCR to digital camcorder, or firewire from a camcorder to TV or VCR; it will do both.

kcarroll
Chienworks wrote on 6/26/2002, 4:55 PM
Older VCRs tended to have the RCA jacks override the channel selection, but newer ones must often be set to Aux or Line in. My VCR has RCA jacks on front and back, so if i plug in to the back i have to choose L1 and the front is L2. If i don't select properly, i'll record static (actually blue screen) or whatever channel the tuner is set for.
the_ripper wrote on 6/27/2002, 8:40 AM
Thanks folks.....It was indeed the VCR not being set for "L1" for input 1......My recent experiment was: DVD to AVI, then AVI to VHS....As you can expect the double conversions caused a loss, though it was still OK. Better than VCD IMHO. Typically I would go from DVD to VHS if I wanted a VHS, then I would save 1 conversion and it should be better....Still waiting for ULEAD so I can burn SVCDs...the_ripper