I'm transferring old VHS stuff to DVD, using a Sony DVDirect. Some transfers, while looking fine during the recording process, are very jumpy and breaking up when I play the new DVD onto which the old stuff has been dubbed. The shakiness is not seen during recording, only on playback. Any suggestions? Keep in mind the old VHS stuff is material I recorded off cable TV years ago. I probably need a stabilizer(which might also take care of another issue regarding copyrights). Thanks.
Nope, that's not it. I have 3 VCRs(Toshibas) of varying ages, and it happens on all 3. What's strange is that the playback on the VCR looks fine. The playback on the recorded DVD jumps and breaks up constantly.
It doesn't pixillate. It just jumps, as if you're hitting the side of an old TV that has a loose connection somewhere. The quality of the original VHS is not bad. What puzzles me is that it looks fine when played in the VHS, but something is happening to it during the transfer. Would a stabilizer connected between the VCR and the DVD recorder help this?
Are you playing the discs on the recorder? Dual layer discs on a player may or may not work. They should play on the recorder if it advertises dual layer burning.
No. I'm recording the dual layer disks on the Sony DVDirect and playing them back on a regular DVD player. The shakiness/jitteryness doesn't occur with all transfers, just certain ones. I can't find a common denominator in the problem transfers, though--other than they look fine playing back on the VCR, then look like crap on the DVD.
Verbatim discs are good discs. I think the problem may be playing dual layer discs on a player. Not very many players advertise playback of burned dual layer discs.
I've had problems with some discs while others worked fine in the past, before I started using only Taiyo Yuden discs. Lots of people have reported problems with dual layer discs. They aren't as reliable as single layer discs.