NO COLOR in video captures

Situation 1: VHS with RCAout connection, GF 5700 video card. The video is captured in black and white.
Situation 2: DVD player with S-video cable. The video card capture in color. That is OK.
Situation 3: DVD player with RCA cable. The capture is again in black and white
I'm using Movie Maker, in "properties" the color configuration is not enable and is not possible to do it.
The VHS player doesn't have S-video out.
Question ?
How can I do to capture video color from a VHS with RCA connection only ? Somebody could give me an Idea ?
Thanks a lot
Raul

Ah well theres the problem
Theres plenty of software out there that will do a better job. However, if you want to stick with Media Maker, check that you have the latest version (v2.0 I believe) from Windows Update.

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We expect "Captfoss" to reply soon..
Code:-
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.media.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
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2..Is Creative Webcam II supported by JMF 2.1 ..
3..Suggest any other format for audio and video capturing and saving..
Thanks in advance..

Thanks T.B.M..
It worked..My webcam details are as follows:
{color:#ff6600}Name = vfw:Microsoft WDM Image Capture (Win32):0
Locator = vfw://0
{color}
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{color:#ff6600}
0. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, 320x240, Length=230400, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=3, LineStride=960, Flipped
1. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, 160x120, Length=57600, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=3, LineStride=480, Flipped
2. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, 176x144, Length=76032, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=3, LineStride=528, Flipped
3. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, 352x288, Length=304128, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=3, LineStride=1056, Flipped
4. javax.media.format.RGBFormat
RGB, 640x480, Length=921600, 24-bit, Masks=3:2:1, PixelStride=3, LineStride=1920, Flipped
{color}
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import java.awt.event.*;
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Hello,
I have a Roxio video capture device to transfer VHS tapes to MPEG-2 . It plugs in a USB port, and works with specific software (Easy VHStoDVD). I wonder if there's any way this input could be recognized by FCP. I also have a Canopus box to digitalize directly to FCP, but this box doesn't recognize the NTSC tapes I have (I live in Europe, PAL system) correctly, color is lost with my current VHS player, whereas the Roxio converter does get the NTSC signal. The problem is that the MPEG quality is low, and I'd like to digitalize directly into Apple ProRes codec instead of doing an MPEG-2 to Apple ProRes conversion.
Any tip about how to transfer this signal? Or is it the case that the Roxio device signal is already MPEG-2 (at 6000 kpbs), so there's no point in inputting it into FCP? I believe the same device produces a better-quality MPEG-2 file in the Windows version of the software, so this may be software-related.
Thanks for any help!

Hi
My thoughts - close to this - but not cheaper.
I bought the ADVC-300 - my VHS tapes are several years and drop-outs are not rare.
This has a Timecode correction/mending and result is that it needs less baby-sitting.
Just a though to add in when deciding what suits You best.
Yes I'm very happy with this one - Yes the pay was not without hurt.
Yours Bengt W

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Thanks for the pointer to the list of TV standards. I have tried PAL-I, PAL-M, G, D, all flavors.
Here is what I have discovered so far:
I connected up my multistandard TV. I set up view for NTSC, the TV displays this ok, so next I changed to PAL format (tried all flavors). The TV could display the image but it was horribly unstable (flickering, vertically). So using Nview I selected screen 2, then 'change resolution' .. I noticed a couple of things ..
1. The resolution was fixed at 1024x768
2. The screen frequency was fixed at 60hz
Q1/ Does the resolution matter? How do I adjust if for the TV out port?
Q2/ Isn't PAL refresh rate supposed to be 50 hz? If so, how do I change this in Nview?
BTW my TV will accept:
Television system: B/G,I,D/K,M
Color system: PAL, PAL 60, SECAM, NTSC4.43, NTSC3.58
So, I am pretty confident that if my card is putting out a television compliant signal my TV will be able to display it ok.
Interesting to note that my TV will accept PAL 60. If that is PAL @ 60hz then perhaps this refresh rate (60hz according to Nview) is not the problem.
thanks,
Kevin

NO COLOR in video captures

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