Jittery Playback

1. nobody
   Member

   
   When viewing footage on my TV screen taken by my Sony TRV65 Hi8 camcorder the footage periodically appears jittery.
   
   Any thoughts on what may be causing this?
   
   Thanks.

   Posted 8 years ago #

2. nobody
   Member

   
   Could it be dirty heads in your camcorder? I'd run a head cleaner and see if that clears the problem up. Also, make sure the tape you're trying to play back isn't really really old. It could be the stock itself is deteriorating. You might try adjusting the tracking.
   -Rick Popko
   Pinnacle Systems

   Posted 8 years ago #

3. nobody
   Member

   
   Here's something I've encountered using my TRV65, and it's actually pretty impressive. While dubbing some 15-year old VHS tapes to my camcorder so I could have Hi8 safety dubs, the picutre quality from the VHS tapes was full of jitter while viewing it on the monitor as the camcorder recorded. I was horrified. But the camcorder cleaned up the jitter completely--none at all when I played the dubs. I suspect that the time base corrector in the camcorder manages to get the defective signals in sync. I'll say this those Sony Hi8 camcorders like the RTV65 are tough little cameras, and they have the full dub in/out capability composite audio & video jacks, plus the S-video jack. I was disappointed recently to see that the new Sony camcorders (D8, DV) have cheapened up by having the audio & video all reduced to one(!) jack aside from the S-video & firewire jacks.

   Posted 8 years ago #

4. stvnsonl
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   I know little about Video editing. Yet I want to edit a video taken by my Sony TRV65 camcorder and possibly add text to it. I know I need to buy a Firewire (card and software). The problem is that on the Sony TRV65 it only has a S-VIDEO and RCA jacks. Any idea on what Firewire to buy to use with this analog camcorder? I appreciate your anticipated responses.
   
   

   Posted 8 years ago #

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