Issue with transferring PAL VHS to my computer

[DVtyro]

Originally Posted by AllenR

Open up Honestech software and choose Advance Mode. Set Capture Format to MPEG-2 & TV/Video Standard to NTSC. Recording Resolution 720x480 [highest option].

Why NTSC? Can you do PAL 720x576? Can you run MediaInfo on the captured file?

Originally Posted by AllenR

When ready to output I choose "User Defined Settings" then HD MPEG. Format: MPEG 2, Resolution: 1920X1080 [1280X720 also an option], Aspect Ratio 4:3. Then I click "Advanced" and I choose "deinterlace [source]". Sample rate 44.1 Khz [also options for 48 & 32 Khz], Bitrate 320 [380 also an option].

Which software is that? Does it offer deinterlacing options (single field, blend, bob) or target frame rate (25/30 or 50/60) ?

Why MPEG-2? Although this is the least of your worries.

[AllenR]

Originally Posted by DVtyro

Why NTSC? Can you do PAL 720x576? Can you run MediaInfo on the captured file?


Which software is that? Does it offer deinterlacing options (single field, blend, bob) or target frame rate (25/30 or 50/60) ?

Why MPEG-2? Although this is the least of your worries.

"I have tried doing everything I listed above [224 bitrate] and setting to PAL in Honestech but I got the same problems I described in the OP: color streaks and combing."

Honestech is the only software I'm using. No deinterlacing options. I thought MPEG-2 was the highest quality.

The options to capture are;

VCD, SVCD, DVD, DVD DL, Long DVD, Long DVD DL, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2.