Elgato Hybrid - no VCR signal

[xuratoth]

I have just bought an Elgato Hybrid (European model) to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD via iMovie.

The problem is that my VCR is quite old and only has a coaxial-out connection. No S-Video or Composite (hope I'm using the right terms here!).

According to the Elgato help file, this should still work though:

I have used a standard arial lead between the VCR and the Elgato unit, set the mode Tuner, the input to "Analog - Antenna PAL I", done an Auto-tune.

No joy. None of the 4 available analogue channels are displaying the picture.

Anyone have any ideas before I have to splash out on a new VCR which frankly I don't want to do as the whole point is to get rid of VHS tapes altogether!

Thanks.

[fryke]

Some VCRs allow you to adjust the channel on which it distributes the signal. If you _only_ connect the VCR to the Elgato Hybrid, the autotuning should find the signal, generally.

[xuratoth]

Hi Frye, thanks for the reply.

Actually, after I posted I realised that I had not tried the "Exhaustive Scan" option on the software side - It picked it up OK at that point.
Quality is not great, but good enough for now. I'm trying to find somebody who can lend me an S-Video VCR though, to see how much of an effect that has.

All I need now is an external firewire drive! Those video captures take up an awful lot of disk space.

[fryke]

Originally Posted by xuratoth

Quality is not great.

*cougVHSh*