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- From: dan@cafws2.eng.uci.edu (Dan Harkless)
- Subject: Re: Video Spigot & "Jitter free" VCRs
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- Organization: University of California, Irvine
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- Date: 12 Jan 93 01:21:22 GMT
- References: <79790@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- In article <79790@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4586c@prism.gatech.EDU (WILLETT,THOMAS CARTER) writes:
- >I have a videospigot and have been trying to get
- >a good 640x480 still shot off of videotape. I've
- >been using the 'capture from still source' option
- >but the stills look like crap. The company says that
- >it's because the video image is jittering. One VCR
- >ad that I saw claimed a special effect "jitter-free
- >freeze frame". Is this BS or will it work for this?
- >Also, do laserdisc images do any better?
-
- Any decent 4-head VCR nowadays should have a jitter + noise free still.
- Don't even think about trying it with a 2-head. Yes, laserdisc images are
- best, but realize that only one of the two laserdisc formats out there allows
- stills.
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