M100 digitizing problems

This sounds like a time-base issue. The video output of VHS machines is unstable and produces noisy syncs. Normally a TV or monitor ignores the extra noise and locks to where it expects the syncs to be so you get a stable picture. Media 100 however is trying to lock to the incoming feed and is very choosey about the grade of sync it gets. Normally it is just about OK, but in particulary noisey bits such as dropouts, breaks in recording, fast-forward/rewind, or sometimes just normal playback, the system gives up and crashes as you describe.

The only way to effectively (in my experience)use VHS as an input format is to first pass it through a TBC. Good ones are now coming up on the second hand market quite frequently and for reasonable prices.

Hope that helps!

[Marc] "I ended up dumping the VHS to Betacam SP an digitizing from that."

I've never had this problem with digitizing but, I always transfer any footage I get (vhs, DVD, etc.) to Beta just so I can archive it and redigitize or reload the project later.

Thanks so much for the response.
I hooked up my TBC and that did the trick. Saves more time than transferring to BETA plus no generational loss. Improved picture if anything.
Strange however that I never had this problem with any prior versions of M100, and I've inputed some real garbage over the years.
Scott

Thanks for the response. I'm now running the footage through my TBC with satisfactory results but I don't understand why I never had this problem with earlier versions of M100. I've digitized some real garbage over the years.
Scott