I've been having this problem ever since I first got this capture card
(it's really a mini-DVcamcorder that has VGA support). So my problem
isn't a big deal but I would like to see if I can get any solutions to
fix it.
I use an Aiptek A-HD+ 1080p mini-DV camcorder. It has 720x480 VGA,
which means it can record like a capture card can, but u have to use
AV cables to get the video game signals shared between the TV and the
camcorder's LCD screen.
So anyway, I use it to record my video games, right? Well, usually
(NOT all the time) when there's a cutscene in a video game, or some
other kind of transition (i.e. if a video game cutscene ends, the
screen'll fade out to complete white, then fades out to another scene,
u know wat I mean, right...?), I will look down at my camcorder and
I'll see the camcorder has shut itself off due to a signal loss. It
always either leaves 'AV mode', or just shuts off completely if it
gets a signal loss during a recording session. If I'm not recording
while this happens, it'll say 'No Signal' on the LCD, and it'll
flicker around and all as the game is doing the transition.
It's extremely annoying and messes up my videos cuz I have to stitch
all those clips together in WMM and u can notice a significant amount
of skips in some of my longer videos cuz those where the times where
my camcorder stopped recording due to a signal loss, so I had to pause
the game, re-connect the AV jack, then select 'AV in' mode again and
record right after I un-pause, hoping to have left off the second
after the camcorder shut off and not create a big skip in the video
(i.e. the middle of a battle, then skips to a cutscene).
I have a few examples I'd like u to watch to help clarify my problem
more.
For this video, at the 6:44 mark, watch how I'm in the middle of
fighting this boss, then as I enter a different combat mode, the
screen turns white and then my camcorder loses signal from that, then
skips to the next time I recorded.
For this video, at the 6:38, 6:54, and 7:22 marks, take note of the
fade to white transition. This is excatly wat usually causes the
camcorder to lose it's signal and cease recording.
