Hi-8 is unstable in Media Express
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:33 am
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer here!
I am playing Hi-8 tapes with a Sony CCD-TR3000 Camcorder, going out via S-VHS to the BM Teranex Analog to SDI 12G. From there I have an SDI cable going to the Ultrastudio HD Mini, and then Thunderbolt to my M2 Mac Studio and a fast external SSD.
I have used this set up to capture Beta, VHS and DV tapes with no problems. But the Hi-8 video in Media Express is rolling and bouncing and going black for a few seconds every few seconds--really bad. All the Hi-8 tapes play fine when I watch them in the viewfinder so the problem is not the tapes or dirty heads.
On this forum I read that I should try passing the signal through a deck with TBC and I did that with both my JVC HR-7600U SVHS deck and my Sony DSR-11 DV deck. This made no difference.
What do all you wise people think I can do?
Thank you
I am playing Hi-8 tapes with a Sony CCD-TR3000 Camcorder, going out via S-VHS to the BM Teranex Analog to SDI 12G. From there I have an SDI cable going to the Ultrastudio HD Mini, and then Thunderbolt to my M2 Mac Studio and a fast external SSD.
I have used this set up to capture Beta, VHS and DV tapes with no problems. But the Hi-8 video in Media Express is rolling and bouncing and going black for a few seconds every few seconds--really bad. All the Hi-8 tapes play fine when I watch them in the viewfinder so the problem is not the tapes or dirty heads.
On this forum I read that I should try passing the signal through a deck with TBC and I did that with both my JVC HR-7600U SVHS deck and my Sony DSR-11 DV deck. This made no difference.
What do all you wise people think I can do?
Thank you