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Post by clkelley39 on Nov 17, 2021 14:26:08 GMT
Is there a known issue with the audio of the Classic Queen VHS?
I had an old copy whose box was ruined by water, so I recently bought a new, sealed copy off the internet. When I captured the new copy to my computer, I noticed flaws throughout the entirety of the audio - these weird, constant "popping" noises. Out of curiosity, I popped in my old copy and found that same exact issue, but to a lesser extent.
These are two different copies bought 20 years apart, which is I think is so strange. Has anyone else ever heard of this?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 17, 2021 15:13:00 GMT
Is there a known issue with the audio of the Classic Queen VHS? I had an old copy whose box was ruined by water, so I recently bought a new, sealed copy off the internet. When I captured the new copy to my computer, I noticed flaws throughout the entirety of the audio - these weird, constant "popping" noises. Out of curiosity, I popped in my old copy and found that same exact issue, but to a lesser extent. These are two different copies bought 20 years apart, which is I think is so strange. Has anyone else ever heard of this? what you're experiencing sounds like an issue that was common with analog>digital transfers a dozen or more years ago. what capture software/hardware are you using? try setting audio capture to 33% to 50%. If it's an RFI issue then buying some Power Line Filters might help. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Nov 17, 2021 18:07:31 GMT
Just a thought, but could be anti-copy protection at work?
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Post by Chinwonder2 on Nov 18, 2021 15:58:55 GMT
Also, what region is your VCR, the Classic Queen VHS was only released on an NTSC format, maybe that could be the issue even with a multi-regional player.
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Post by clkelley39 on Jan 26, 2022 14:31:35 GMT
Just a thought, but could be anti-copy protection at work? I doubt it as this is a VHS tape from 1992 and I don't think any sort of widespread copy protection was rolled out to the public until internet piracy became pervasive. |
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Post by clkelley39 on Jan 26, 2022 14:37:29 GMT
Is there a known issue with the audio of the Classic Queen VHS? I had an old copy whose box was ruined by water, so I recently bought a new, sealed copy off the internet. When I captured the new copy to my computer, I noticed flaws throughout the entirety of the audio - these weird, constant "popping" noises. Out of curiosity, I popped in my old copy and found that same exact issue, but to a lesser extent. These are two different copies bought 20 years apart, which is I think is so strange. Has anyone else ever heard of this? what you're experiencing sounds like an issue that was common with analog>digital transfers a dozen or more years ago. what capture software/hardware are you using? try setting audio capture to 33% to 50%. If it's an RFI issue then buying some Power Line Filters might help. I'm plugging the VCR into a Kanex Pro Composite/S-Video to 4K HDMI Converter, which I'm plugging into a Blutec HDMI to USB 3.0 Capture, which I'm plugging into my Mac and capturing using OBS software. I haven't really considered the hardware or software as the issue since this isn't happening with any other VHS tape. But I have to admit, I haven't yet tested playing the tape through any other output (i.e. just watching it on a TV rather than watching it through my Mac as I capture it). |
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Post by clkelley39 on Jan 26, 2022 14:39:04 GMT
Also, what region is your VCR, the Classic Queen VHS was only released on an NTSC format, maybe that could be the issue even with a multi-regional player. -Chin According to the owner's manual, the VCR is NTSC only. |
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Post by djgreg on Jan 26, 2022 15:28:20 GMT
what you're experiencing sounds like an issue that was common with analog>digital transfers a dozen or more years ago. what capture software/hardware are you using? try setting audio capture to 33% to 50%. If it's an RFI issue then buying some Power Line Filters might help. I'm plugging the VCR into a Kanex Pro Composite/S-Video to 4K HDMI Converter, which I'm plugging into a Blutec HDMI to USB 3.0 Capture, which I'm plugging into my Mac and capturing using OBS software. I haven't really considered the hardware or software as the issue since this isn't happening with any other VHS tape. But I have to admit, I haven't yet tested playing the tape through any other output (i.e. just watching it on a TV rather than watching it through my Mac as I capture it). I'm aware of the problem you're talking about. I managed to get a clear sound without extraneous noises using SCART-RCA (or high-quality RCA-RCA) cable without plugging the video to the capture card. |
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Post by clkelley39 on Jan 31, 2022 1:59:58 GMT
I figured it out. My VCR (JVC-HR600U) had a setting called Audio Monitor. When I switched that from Hi-Fi, the default, to Norm the terrible noise went away. It's so strange that this only happened with my two copies of Classic Queen. I think I forgot to mention that I have two copies and it happened to both. Oh well, it's fixed now.
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