Never Mind the contrast, there are visible lines that appear vertically and horizontally. I’ve got to tell you straight off, the VHS to DVD honestech software is garbage. No wonder it didn’t want to show me the picture quality! The result sample images are from VLC Player, so this isn’t during the capture, this is after the video has been captured. I know I’m always using Magix as an example but it’s such a reliable piece of software that I’m happy with the recording from it whilst comparing it to other softwares. The quality of the capture through an editor always looks better in my opinion.

I can configure the driver properties and edit the sound levels without wondering if the video will record. When I capture through Magix Video Editor, I’m able to get the picture to play straight away. If instead you are using an S-video cable (round, with a bunch of pins inside), then you need to select that.The updated zip file has completely different software, so that’s got to be saying something about the faith Digitnow! has in this.Īfter completing a test for approximately 10 minutes, the video appears on the right hand side up in its MPEG format.įrom here I could simply edit the video or or burn it to a DVD.

If you are using a yellow RCA cable for video, this is composite video and the setting should indicate that. You also don't want NTSCJ (Japan NTSC standard), if they have it.In the 'Video Settings' option, you want to make sure the Cable Connection matches the cables you are using for the capture. You sure don't want PAL: you are located in the USA and therefore I assume the tapes are North American VHS.

First, you should make sure that the Video Standards (in Properties - Video Decoder tab) is set to NTSCM. You didn't say what version you have, but it sounds like you got it recently, so I downloaded the latest version.Looking at the manual, there are most definitely some settings you might have screwed up. While your gadget may not be the ultimate capture device, I doubt that, if properly configured, it would do this poorly.I did a quick Google search (you should do this too) and then also downloaded the manual for the 'VHS to DVD 9 Deluxe' version.

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