Grrr!!!!! ~ Last frame captured lasts for 88 minutes!!!!!

andy

I captured 90 minutes of a tv show from vhs last night, and ninety minutes later, after it finished, I stopped the capture.
I used Virtualdub with the PicVideo MJPEG codec at quality 19, 720 x 576 for eventual dvd output.
Before running through TMPGEnc (I intend to convert to mpeg2 at circa. 5000 VBR) I checked the 30gb file (using Windows Media Player and also the ATI Player) and whilst the first few minutes were fine the majority was just a still of the last frame (the last frame is the BBC logo at the end of the vhs tape).
I skipped to about the 60 minutes point and it was still the same frame, and at the very end sure enough, the same frame.
Strange thing is, if you look close at the very top of the capture, there is some movement across the full width of the screen which I guess is the *actual* capture. It's far too narrow to accurately determine exactly what it is but there's enough for me to guess it's the whole of the 90 minute capture.
I've captured off digital tv many times and done a couple of vhs conversions but never had this problem before.
I was thinking at first it might be copy protection but I have a macrovision scart remover thingy so there can't be any copy protection on it.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Many thanks,
Will

I guess you can't reproduce the problem. Probably one of the many capture driver quirks.

bb

I don't know what a quot;macrovision scart remover thingyquot; is, but I've gotten exactly the same results with copy-protected source on my All-In-Wonder, and it sure sounds like macrovision to me.

I've heard that there are different types and/or levels of macrovision protection, so maybe your quot;thingyquot; wasn't able to remove the level of macrovision used in that particular program.

I suppose the technical term would be the scart lead which removes macrovision protection
Strange, since I can run dvd's through my video (so I can watch in any room in the house) and have no issue there.
It's only a problem with bbc video's although what I failed to mention is I play the video downstairs and capture the signal in my computer upstairs.
I wondered of the signal was weak but as I say, all but bbc videos capture fine.
Will