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DavidMcKnight wrote on 12/17/2004, 8:05 AM
Is this DV captured over firewire or some combination of analog? Do you have the opportunity to try a re-capture or are you stuck with the footage on the drive now?
DGrob wrote on 12/17/2004, 8:30 AM
Are the "crackles" spikes or clipped? Darryl
Grazie wrote on 12/17/2004, 8:50 AM
Vinyl restore Crack 'n Pop . . and whatever?
TheHappyFriar wrote on 12/17/2004, 10:54 AM
Use Vegas to zoom in to the sample level on the crackle. Turn off "snap to frame." Delete that set of crackle-samples & you're all set. It should be such a small amount (~100 samples) that there's no audiable difference except the lack of a crackle.

And yes, this is a painstaking task. That's why they hired you. :D
DavidMcKnight wrote on 12/17/2004, 8:00 PM
Excellent suggestion. I've used that technique to get rid of all sorts of unwanted noises.
Bigoj wrote on 12/18/2004, 2:49 AM
Sorry for the delay for the replies to your questions, I wasn't here. Anyways I'm capturing from Canopus ADVC 100 from a VHS. I tried this to get rid of the crackles to recapture ( I took the tape out, shook it for a while and put it back in). It was something I guessed and it worked. lol. Thanks for the help anyways guys.
farss wrote on 12/18/2004, 4:49 AM
Just a tip to avoid this in the future. With analogue tape you should always spool it beofre playing it. Better still if you have the time play and capture it twice. Really depends on the age of the tape, sometimes the first capture is the best, sometimes the second.
If you're in the business of capturing from VHS, buy a good deck, some of the JVC Super VHS decks are quite good although not the most reliable of things I hear but they don't spool at tape destroying speeds. The last thing you want with VHS is edge damage. Also try to get a deck that will let you select FM or linear audio tracks, somethimes you'll get better audio off one than the other.
I have been told that some of the VHS decks have an undocumented feature where you can switch audio tracks using the remote, sorry I forgot to ask my mate just what the key combination was, play around and you'll find it I'm sure.
Bob.