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I'm a newbie to the forum so bear with me. I purchased an Intensity Extreme Thunderbolt right when they came out a few months back to capture (mainly) older video from VHS/8mm camcorder sources, but also an occasional HD source via component on my Mac Mini. Everything has been working just fine but I soon found that I needed a dedicated S-video input (which the Extreme doesn't have and mine didn't come with an adapter). So I decided to get an Intensity Shuttle and sell my Extreme later on Ebay or something.
I have everything hooked up and am getting a beautiful 1080i signal from my cable TV box. But when I switch to NTSC and choose either the S-Video or Composite inputs (where my VHS is plugged in and playing a tape), I get either nothing, or extremely intermittent video and audio (it statics in and out maybe once or twice every few seconds). I can capture HD no problem at all. It looks GREAT! But SD using S-Video or Composite is no dice...at all! I've tried all formats (NTSC, plus all the others) uninstalling and reinstalling pretty much every version of the drivers/software, I've tried different cables (including a different Thunderbolt cable), and no matter what, nothing! I verified the cables coming from the VHS to a flat screen and the image popped right up no problem. I even went so far as to hook up my Intensity Extreme and it works beautifully! The image is crystal clear on the composite input (I can't check my S-signal since there's no S-input).
Before I deem the Shuttle to be defective, I wanted to post here and see if anyone had any suggestions?? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there another control panel somewhere or something?? Thanks very much in advance!
I have everything hooked up and am getting a beautiful 1080i signal from my cable TV box. But when I switch to NTSC and choose either the S-Video or Composite inputs (where my VHS is plugged in and playing a tape), I get either nothing, or extremely intermittent video and audio (it statics in and out maybe once or twice every few seconds). I can capture HD no problem at all. It looks GREAT! But SD using S-Video or Composite is no dice...at all! I've tried all formats (NTSC, plus all the others) uninstalling and reinstalling pretty much every version of the drivers/software, I've tried different cables (including a different Thunderbolt cable), and no matter what, nothing! I verified the cables coming from the VHS to a flat screen and the image popped right up no problem. I even went so far as to hook up my Intensity Extreme and it works beautifully! The image is crystal clear on the composite input (I can't check my S-signal since there's no S-input).
Before I deem the Shuttle to be defective, I wanted to post here and see if anyone had any suggestions?? Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there another control panel somewhere or something?? Thanks very much in advance!