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Dazzle, black and white issue, VHS

bilbi -  
 Caillou 35 -
Hello,

I’ve been browsing the forum to understand how to transfer a VHS to a DVD using Dazzle.

The responses I found helped me a lot.

However, I still have a problem.

I have a VHS in NTSC format.

My VCR plays this format, but with Dazzle, the image stays black and white.

What "makes me laugh" is that at one point, I paused the VCR and the image was in color for half a second ;-)

I tried changing the format to PAL or PAL-M, I can't remember, it's still black and white.

Can someone tell me if there is a solution?

On the forum, I found someone who had this problem, but I didn't understand the solution...
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9 answers

  1. Anonymous user
     
    Yes, you need to set the box to NTSC before starting the video (well, personally I've never used NTSC, only PAL and SECAM).
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  2. Anonymous user
     
    If your tape is in NTSC, you need to set the Dazzle to NTSC; Pal and SECAM (and their variants) will not work!
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    1. bilbi
       
      I feel like that’s what I’m doing.

      In DVD Instant Recorder, I’m offered the video standard option NTSC, which I choose, but it stays in black and white.


      Is there a specific order to perform the operations?

      Like, should I choose NTSC and then start the VHS?


      Thank you for the quick response in any case.
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  3. Bernorenard Posted messages 7776 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 589
     
    Hello
    The question is: "Does this version of the Dazzle box" have the NTSC option?" and it's not certain!
    bye
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    1. bilbi
       
      I think I have the NTSC option in my Dazzle version, at least it's in the list of available formats.

      I will try again.

      Thank you.
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      1. bilbi > bilbi
         
        I have Dazzle Recorder 100 to give this precision.

        In Instant DVD recorder, the software that comes with it, there is an option for NTSC.

        Would this option therefore be "invalid" with my version of Dazzle?
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  4. Anonymous user
     
    I have the same Dazzle box and there is indeed NTSC in the capture options!
    But then again, I've never had a film in NTSC to try it out, all I can say is that if I set it to NTSC on a PAL or SECAM video, it’s in black and white!
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    1. bilbi
       
      yes, I see this black and white tape, except on the TV

      even when trying to connect TV/dazzle/VCR, the film plays in color on the TV and in black and white on instant recorder


      it’s so frustrating ;-o
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  6. Anonymous user
     
    Have you tried Pal or Secam-L, just in case the scope would read NTSC but output a video in Pal??
    I'm starting to be wary of everything!
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    1. bilbi
       
      Yes, yes, I’ve tried everything

      Thank you for your help anyway

      And long live new technologies!
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    2. bilbi
       
      As options, I have NTSC, PAL, SECAM, PAL-M, PAL-N

      I don't have SECAM-L...
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  7. Bernorenard Posted messages 7776 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 589
     
    Yes, I acknowledge that, but nothing is really certain with these "capture boxes." I did Video Pal (Plextor) transfers and it's heartbreaking; if I had known, I would have had the work done by a lab. I've seen some friends' transfers of 8mm and Super 8 film, and it's not bad. When you do the math of material investment plus time spent, there's no comparison (even in retirement).
    Hi
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    1. Anonymous user
       
      Well, for me this Dazzle box (cheap) works super well!
      It serves as a VCR (connected to a TNT decoder) to record TV and possibly archive some movies on CD after cleaning up the ads!, and also to transfer VHS tapes to CD-ROM
      The most important time is the playback time of the tape, but you don't have to watch it, because afterwards unless you dive into cutting and other editing, it goes quickly
      And the quality is there, the same as VHS of course, if there are glitches.....they remain
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      1. bilbi > Anonymous user
         
        It's true that I'm impressed with the result.

        The tapes I've been able to digitize are of good quality, I think.
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  8. Jelopr
     
    I have the same problem. Playing an NTSC cassette with a VHS player that reads NTSC. The image appears in color on the television. When I try to capture with Dazzle set to NTSC, the image is in black and white. If I set it to PAL, I get no image during capture.
    If anyone knows the answer to this problem, please let me know.
    Best regards,
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  9. Bernorenard Posted messages 7776 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 589
     
    Hello
    while re-reading this updated question on the forum, I think I remember, and it’s far back in my memory, that NTSC has variations based on the identification signals of the Chroma, which are different depending on the country where NTSC is used – the USA and Japan at 60Hz, and Brazil for example with a 50Hz version of NTSC that’s revised and corrected. Televisions like Philips can read this "bastard NTSC" via Scart, but the capture device can't!
    it’s been more than forty years ago, sorry
    see you++
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    1. Jelopr Posted messages 2 Status Member
       
      Thank you for your response. In fact, I tried capturing NTSC with another capture device (Plextor) and the Presto software. This one gives me color images with the same settings as the Dazzle (with Studio software), which stubbornly remains in black and white...
      Best regards,
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  10. mymy
     
    Hello
    I had this problem; you had to set the VCR to PAL output in the menu.
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    1. Caillou 35
       
      I'm experiencing the same problem: Dazzle DVC100 and AVS Video Capture. Picture in NTSC colors on the TV, and in black and white on the computer.
      But now, I've managed to capture in color! I first launch AVS Video Capture, then Cyberlink PowerDirector 13, and it works...
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    2. Caillou 35
       
      However, if I turn off my PC, I lose the color settings. I have to redo the process.
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