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- Real Name: Core van der Hoeven
Are you trying to capture the footage off the tapes (now) or are you trying to import footage captured 20 years ago? I have a similar project in the queue but with NTSC DVCPRO tapes. I've been wondering if I could capture with my Sony DSR-20 deck via firewire as I did 20 years ago or if I'd need to capture the S-Video output from the deck. I tend to keep some legacy hardware around LOL
This may be helpful for the hardware capture: https://www.recordingbase.com/firewire- ... olt-usb-c/
20 years ago I would have captured the video as QuickTime with Final Cut Pro.
I don't have enough information to try and troubleshoot your problem. I am assuming PAL vs NTSC is not the issue here. I may be able to find a legacy hard disk with 20 year old captures to test -- but I'd like to know we are testing apples to apples (PAL vs NTSC to the side), vs apple to oranges.
If it is an issue with old captures maybe they need to be transcoded. I remember 20 years ago having to often transcode captures.
And maybe someone else with more recent experience will chime in!
Good luck!