Dr Alan McIvor wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently had to grab some video from VHS videotape using a BT878 and > found it necessary to alter the brightness and contrast settings in the > BT878 input section to get a decent picture. Even then, the quality > wasn't particularly good. Having little experience digitizing from > videotape, I would like to know if this is something that normally has > to be done in such situations, or is indicative of problems with the > videotape or VCR. > > Thanks > > Alan This is a bit of a shameless plug, but you can try bttv2 (http://bttv-v4l2.sourceforge.net). Then run vidpanel (one of the applications available on http://www.thedirks.org/v4l2) - this will allow you control of all the AGCs/filters/etc available on the 878 - playing with them can usually give you good results. -justin
