Capture Artifacts

TimTyler wrote on 8/23/2004, 10:46 AM

I shot a tape on a DVX100a. I then dumped the tape into my PC using my JVC HR-DVS3U using Vegas 4's capture utility.

The AVI's have occasional frames with square artifacts. I've noticed about one frame with artifacts per minute, but they are spaced in a completely random fashion. I've uploaded a layered Photoshop example here.

If I capture the tape a 2nd time, the artifacts are on different frames.

Is the problem caused by my deck, or by the software? Any solutions?

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Spot|DSE wrote on 8/23/2004, 11:45 AM

It's likely your deck. Have you cleaned heads? I'm not terribly interested in downloading a zipped file from an unknown source, so can't see your images, but transfer from deck to drive is just that, a transfer. Artifacts are nearly always related to deck problems.

TimTyler wrote on 8/23/2004, 12:03 PM

Here are some JPG's FYI:
With artifacts
Without artifacts

There is also a horizontal shift in part of the image too, but not across the entire width.

I'll try cleaning the heads, but the deck only has about 20 hours on it.