BigBlockOfCheese
Novice Member
Hi,
As above. My set up is:
1. Panasonic NV-SD410 VHS player outputting via SCART, to
---> 2. SCART dongle with In/Out switch set to Out, connected to
-------> 3. RCAs - Yellow video, plus Red and White audio, connected to
-----------> 4. UVC USB Video Capture device (brand new), connected to
---------------> 5. Computer (I've tried Windows 10 PC and MacOS Big Sur)
When I play through any VHS tapes, the video that is received on the computer is in black and white. Same thing on PC and Mac, no matter if I select PAL/NTSC in software where such options exist.
Strangely, if I use the Ceefax style menu system on the VCR, that gets transmitted through to the computer in perfect colour, but that video may be encoded somehow differently to the raw video on the tape.
For reference, I am *not* using S-Video for this process, I am using RCA yellow (with no S-Video cable connected).
However, both the SCART dongle and the USB capture device support S-Video, and I've tried that too, but the video being received into the computer is still black and white.
Has anybody got any good ideas about where the problem is, and what I can do to get colour through to the computer?
For reference, I tried another Panasonic VCR, which is older and played less well, but that too transmitted in black and white, not colour.
I'm guessing there is a weak link in my chain somewhere here, but am unsure where the problem lies.
As above. My set up is:
1. Panasonic NV-SD410 VHS player outputting via SCART, to
---> 2. SCART dongle with In/Out switch set to Out, connected to
-------> 3. RCAs - Yellow video, plus Red and White audio, connected to
-----------> 4. UVC USB Video Capture device (brand new), connected to
---------------> 5. Computer (I've tried Windows 10 PC and MacOS Big Sur)
When I play through any VHS tapes, the video that is received on the computer is in black and white. Same thing on PC and Mac, no matter if I select PAL/NTSC in software where such options exist.
Strangely, if I use the Ceefax style menu system on the VCR, that gets transmitted through to the computer in perfect colour, but that video may be encoded somehow differently to the raw video on the tape.
For reference, I am *not* using S-Video for this process, I am using RCA yellow (with no S-Video cable connected).
However, both the SCART dongle and the USB capture device support S-Video, and I've tried that too, but the video being received into the computer is still black and white.
Has anybody got any good ideas about where the problem is, and what I can do to get colour through to the computer?
For reference, I tried another Panasonic VCR, which is older and played less well, but that too transmitted in black and white, not colour.
I'm guessing there is a weak link in my chain somewhere here, but am unsure where the problem lies.
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