Overview Scanning VHS or VHS-C can be done into DV codec and AVI container or FFV1 codec and AVI container. For now this is a description of scanning to FFV1 on Rack#1.

Input

Tape input can be via the following VCRs: VHS, S-VHS, VHS worldwide

Output

Output will be onto SPACE.

Video Path

From VCR --Svideo--> switch box --Svideo--> DPS-295 --component--> BM Decklink Studio card in SPACE

Audio Path

From VCR --RCA--> switch box --RCA--> BM Decklink Studio card in SPACE

Steps

On SPACE's desktop double click theVHS-NTSC batch icon. There will be a few times you need to click or return before the VirtualDub capture window shows.
Select the correct VCR on the switch box.
Turn on the DPS-295and set up the Input on the front panel:
1. Input - Format: SVHS
2. Input - Mode: NET(use DIRECT for Umatic/DVcam)
On SPACE set up the input via the BM (Blackmagic) Desktop Video Utility
1. Video: component
2. Audio: XLR
Change audio cable connections into the BM Decklink Studio card in SPACE
1. Plug in the black and red RCA audio cable with 1/4" phono connectors into the Decklink cable collage....
  1. Plug left (black) into 14 Audio Channel 1
  2. Plug right (red) into 15 Audio Channel 2
2. (When switching cables back, there is a piece of paper on the LEFT cable saying LEFT. Otherwise the Left and right cables are identical.)
Test DPS-295 connection by clicking on "Function - Select" to show TSG, WFW and back to TBC.
1. Watch the VirtualDub capture window to make sure you see the colour bars and the wave form monitor...and finally back to the black screen.
Confirm VirtualDub is capturing fine:
1. Play video....make sure video appears in VD capture window
2. Make sure both audio bars along the bottom of the VD capture window are moving

Overview This is an article from an email by Matthew Kurth (The Captain) on how to wire the Sony VO-9850 to the DPS-295.

Info

Here's a checklist of what you need to connect TBC-wise and set:

Connect From VO-9850 Connect To DPS-295(TBC) Dub Out Dub Y Input Video Out* NTSC-2/Dub C Input Sync In Adv Sync Output SC In Subcarrier Output

* Once you know everything works, you can choose to use the Monitor Video output instead of Video Out. This would give you the added benefit of selecting the NTSC-2 output on the DPS-295 and having it pass the on-screen menus through to you. Of course, you'll want to make sure the menus are off before you try to capture anything.

On the front panel of the VO-9850, set the Mode Select to TBC. On the front panel of the DPS-295, set the Input Format to DUB and the Input Mode to DIRECT.

Put the DPS-295 into Test Signal Generator (TSG) mode and see whether this provides stable signal output to your capture card. If it does not, then there is an issue with the TBC. If it passes stable color bars then the video should be good.

The SYSTEM light will flash unless you connect a stable signal to one of the REF VIDEO connectors. This is to advise that the unit is not connected to a house reference (genlock) signal. (Your PVW-2800's stop button should flash for the same reason unless this was disabled by its prior owner.)

This should not be a problem because the DPS-295 is capable of generating it's own reference signal -- it only really matters when you're in a multi-source production studio where you need all video sources to be in complete synchronization. (There is a DIP switch described on page 4-13 of the manual which disables the blinking and forces the unit to use its own reference generator regardless of whether one is connected.)

If you continue to have issues, you can try connecting a known stable composite video source to the REF VIDEO on the DPS-295.

Photo of connections can be found here:

R:\Personal RAW\Digicam\John Romein - Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE\2014\14-05-16 Umatic and TBC wiring

VHS to FFV1

U-matic Deck & DPS-295(TBC) Configuration