How do I stop Quicktime from stopping recording when it believes the signal is lost?

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How do I stop Quicktime from stopping recording when it believes the signal is lost?

I'm trying to digitize old VHS home videos through Quicktime (latest version). But when the tracking goes a bit awry, Quicktime stops recording telling me "RECORDING STOPPED, TRY RECORDING AGAIN."

This is not true. It's just an instance of a bad part of the tape. It took me 13 days just to record one 6 hour tape because I had to start a new recording every few moments. I had hundreds of files!

How do I stop Quicktime from ending a video recording when it believes the signal is lost? Is there a way of turning this 'feature' off? If not, does Apple have a software that will do what I'm asking? Final Cut Pro X or something else?

Thank you!

Posted on Jan 27, 2013 8:01 AM

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R. Yannetta Author

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Jan 27, 2013 8:26 AM in response to R. Yannetta

Here is a screenshot of the error. As you can see, I got a full 4 seconds of video recorded before Quicktime X believed the signal was lost (just a bit of off tracking).

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May 13, 2013 9:15 PM in response to R. Yannetta

Did you find a resolution? I am trying to record some OLD VHS-C tapes.. I have the VCR connected to a DV camera and then firewire to the mac. the 1st tape was fine but the second tape stops recording with the same error when it gets a bad spot in the tape. any way to resolve this? is there a diferent program I can use? I dont want to use imovie as I use final cut pro X (which wont captuire the video). any ideas would be appreciated ...

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