[MacDV] Video Static when transferring VHS to DV to iMovie/FCP3

[Mark M. Florida]

Two words:  video tracking.  There's really nothing you can do about 
this except play the tape back on the same VCR as it was recorded.  All 
VCRs track a little differently, so this effect varies in intensity 
from machine to machine.  You will probably not notice it when it plays 
back on a TV, since the viewable area of a TV is less than what you see 
in FCP or iMovie.

Hope this helps.

- Mark

On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 04:48 PM, Michael Ginsberg wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am transferring my wedding VHS video to DVD.  I am using a Canon 
> ZR10, iMovie3, G4/1GHZ.  After transferring the video to my camera and 
> then to iMovie, I get a video static on the bottom 2% of the movie.  
> The video doesn't show this, but it does after transferring.  I made 
> sure that I use the 60 minute speed vs. 90 minute speed of my camera.  
> The DV tapes that I used were brand new.  I cannot think of what would 
> be causing this.
>
> BTW, I also tried Final Cut Pro 3.0.4 and the same things happens.
>
> This was a professionally created VCR Tape of my wedding, this may 
> sound goofy, but is there any type of copy protection that could have 
> been used that would prevent me from copying it?
>
> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.
>
>
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