Video too dark on batch capture

I have a Canopus ACVC110 converter for importing analog video sources that's hooked into one of my firewire ports. When I go to log and caputure my DVD player menu (ie. the one that says "JVC") looks fine in the preview window. However, once I play the DVD, the video looks too dark. What can I adjust so that the video I'm importing doesn't get captured at such a low video level? Thanks.

There is a good chance the DVD you are copying has some form of macrovision copyright protection. This would explain why the DVD appears really dark when you try to capture it using the ACVC110.
Some Canopus converters have undocumented ways to bypass macrovision, but your model doesn't offer that.
If you are legally copying a DVD, you may have to use another method, like routing it through a Time Base Corrector which will regenerate the video stream or transfering it digitally using a program like mpeg streamclip.
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