VHS Capture via the Blackmagic Deck link Extreme 2 card

Is this even possible? I'm trying to capture VHS video with the extreme 2 card and all I get is an image that looks like old time film with the jumping of the frames like it is being hand cranked. I have better results with an anologue to digital converter via firewire, but I thought that the extreme card was suppose to be able to capture pretty much anything.
Cannot figure out the settings to make it a smooth capture.
Help me, I'm melting.

What settings are you using in FCP? What Easy Setup? How is the deck connected?
I don't know the Decklink software interface all that well, I use AJA. But with the AJA you have to tell the card via the AJA Control Panel what connection you are routing to the card and which it should use. It might be expecting a Component signal and you are feeding it a composite one.
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I use firewire to capture my footages, thus i lose quality(true or false?)
FALSE. Firewire transfers are data transfers. Zero quality loss.
anyway I want to buy a deck link or any capture card, or whatever capture device to maintain the quality of my footages
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www.decklink.com - Decklink series. Again, good cards. Cheaper than AJA, because they lack many hardware components. But still are very capable for many many tasks.
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