Fixing VHS degradation on computer

[USSEnterprise]

I am trying to take all of my family's VHS and VHS-C tapes, and convert them to DVD for my parent's Christmas present. None of the VHS-C tapes so far have presented a problem, but my parent's wedding video is driving me crazy. In most places, where there was originally white, has now turned to a fluorescent yellow. I'm assuming this is just the normal degradation that VHS tapes face over time. My question is, is there any program for the PC that can help me correct these distortions? I am using Pinnacle Studio 8 to capture the video. I know, its buggy, but its all I could find that was compatible with my Pinnacle PCI card, without shelling out more for Studio 10. But once I have them captured as AVIs, card compatibility is no longer an issue. Any thoughts?

[ChadTower]

I'd try Premiere, to be honest, and see if that does a better job.  If not it will certainly have better tools to work with.

[boykster]

have you tried viewing the source tape on tv to see if its actually on the tape, or if it's a digital artifact introduced during the capture?

If it is degredation, then you should be able to adjust color channels as you encode to mpeg2 for dvd authoring.  I can't remember what tools I used to use, but they are out there...premiere is as good of a place to start as any.

[lcddream]

i beleive tmpeg has color correction tools

[ChadTower]

Yeah, get as raw a transfer as you can, and adjust it within Premiere.