My camcorder/capture card loses signal sometimes when my video game does a (cut)scene transition...

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  1. MarioFan1

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    I've been having this problem ever since I first got this capture card
    (it's really a mini-DV camcorder 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.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaJHPfBORcg


    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.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUjHvuxtEyw&feature=channel


    There r many other videos I could share, but I think these 2 will
    suffice. Thx if anyone can help me solve this annoying problem.
     
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    HELLOOOOO????????
     

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