Problems importing LP vhs tape with ADVC-55

[FilthyRichy]

Hi,

I'm trying to import some video footage from a VHS tape. There's about 5 hours on there. I'm using adobe premiere to import the tape with a Canopus ADVC-55.

It seems to be missing parts of the tape as its capturing. Is this because the tape is long play? If so, do I have to set up something in Premiere, like a frame rate or something?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks,

Rich

[AmuroRey]

Look if you see the side LED of the ADVC-55 flashing green and red ...
It's a very popular problem for ADVC-55 to loose frames from tape.
Many other customer, like me, on the forum have many problem with ADVC-55
I think there are something wrong in that unit

Luca

[kbosward]

Rich, you may need to look at getting a TBC (Time Base Corrector) to recontruct the video sync signals if the source quality is poor.

Ken.

[FilthyRichy]

Thanks for responding.

I think it might be the tape thats at fault.
The lights are fine on the ADVC-55. I've tried other VHS tapes today and they all work perfectly, so maybe a 'Time Base Corrector' is what I need... just for this one tape!

Thanks,

Rich

[AmuroRey]

Thanks for responding.

I think it might be the tape thats at fault.
The lights are fine on the ADVC-55. I've tried other VHS tapes today and they all work perfectly, so maybe a 'Time Base Corrector' is what I need... just for this one tape!

Thanks,

Rich

Good to ear that !

Luca