No color in preview when capturing

[Guest]

I have a bunch of VHS videos to be copied to DVD. I have a in-biult DVD
burner in my Dell computer and I am using a UBS to connect to video output to
my TV with my sound input into the headphone socket.

When I start capture the video displays B&W only with no sound. Are there
any suggestions to rectify this problem?

Thanks
BOZ

 

[Graham Hughes]

Can you give more info on the connections?
UBS? do you mean USB? If so what is at the tv end?
Sound input into the headphone socket? Needs to be mic or line in, as
headphone is surely sound out, what sound card do you have?
If you are using s-video connection to tv and do not have a s-video output
this will result in b/w pictures as the pciture signal is different to
composite.

 

[Guest]

Yes your are correct I meant USB and it's a Belkin Hi-Speed USD 2.0 DVD
Creator.
I'm connecting the yellow video cable to be back of the tv (yellow video
output).
The sound is now ok as I tried with microphone connector at the back of the
computer.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Is it still black and white?

 

[Guest]

Yes it's still B&W.

Is it still black and white?

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com

 

[Graham Hughes]

Are you using the s-video or composite connections, see my previous post.

 

[Guest]

I'm using the composite connection to the video output on the tb. There is no
s-video output on the tv.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Check the settings in the capture app match those of the vhs tape, ie ntsc
or pal etc.

 

[Guest]

im having the same problem with my digital video camera, when i connect the
firewire to both the camera and the comp, it plays it in b&w, i do get sound
though, can anyone help ?

 

[Graham Hughes]

Do you have sp2 installed with MM2.1? Is your cam ntsc or pal? The settings
are the same in MM?

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com