VS 10 Plus (Trial) DVD video skipping

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:07 pm

I just downloaded VS 10 (trial) and burned a 30 min DVD from Hi-8 footage (firewire) and when I view the footage as it is uploading, the footage isn't smooth. This has happened in the past with my VS9, but the finished product was fine.

The footage I burned last night came out very sharp and clear, but there is intermittant skipping. very quick skips, not BIG jumps.

What could be causing this?

Thanks.

Mojo · Post by **Mojo** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:41 pm

I have encountered the same problem with the VideoStudio 10 trial version. I tried rendering in different formats and all videos skip at the same rate. I tried the same with Adobe Premier Elements 2.0 (trial version) and everyting works fine. So I assume it has something to do with VideoStudio 10.

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:42 pm

I am going to try and render a new DVD with VS 9 and see if it happens again.

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:55 pm

I still don't understand why when I preview the footage through VS it skips, but when I watch it from thye original video source on the TV, it is fine. (???)

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:14 pm

jedi-bob wrote:I still don't understand why when I preview the footage through VS it skips, but when I watch it from thye original video source on the TV, it is fine. (???)

Hi Jedi,

When you say Preview...through VS you are playing the video in a project, using the Project mode? If so, don't expect this to play smoothly, expecially if you have effects, overlays, etc.. added. VS is throwing all this together "on-the-fly", to give you a general idea of what your project looks like.

To get a better idea, and sometimes this is not perfect, select a small part of your video project. Make sure your in preview and timeline mode . Drag the trim handles to a short segment of your entire project. You should see a Red Line on your timeline. Now if you have your playback set to High Quality when you press play, VS will render the project, then play it. You can also go to Share>Project Playback, and select, Preview Range.

To get rid of the red line, in Timeline View, simply drag the trim handles back out to the edges..

Hope that helps..

Ron P.

Mojo · Post by **Mojo** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:26 pm

Hi Ron,

It seems that Jedi is listing 2 problems:
1) In his initial post: Skipping after the burning/rendering. I am also having this problem with VS 10 trial version but interestingly not with Adobe Premier Elements 2 trial version. Do you have any ideas what this could be or how this can be resolved?

i2) n his later post: Skipping while previewing (you addressed this problem).

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:50 pm

Hi Mojo,
This could be due to several issues.

Is the Recommended Procedures being followed? Do you Capture, Edit, Create Video File, Then Create Disc?
Are you keeping the Properties the same throughout your workflow?
When you are rendering (Share>Create Video File), do you have any other applications running in the background, like antivirus?
Does the Skipping occur at the same time? It may be a corrupt clip.
This goes along with the first one above, When you are burning, are you doing so with a project / video clip in the timeline? There should not be anything in the timeline when you are in the Burn Module.
Have you tried different media?
At what speed are you burning? It is recommended to burn at no greater then 4x.

Ron P.

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Wed May 17, 2006 2:59 pm

vidoman wrote: [*]When you are rendering (Share>Create Video File), do you have any other applications running in the background, like antivirus?

Would this effect when you upload the video into the PC?

Post by **Ron P.** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:04 pm

Yes, it certainly can, and probably will. Anytime I am editing video, I have everything that is not needed disabled. In fact I have a seperate Hardware Profile setup just for editing.

If you have an application, utility or program that is a TSR (Terminate, Stay, Resident), then it may decide it needs to do something while you are capturing, rendering or burning. When it does, it would cause VS to pause. When capturing this can lead to dropped frames.

Ron P.

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:09 pm

Thanks Ron!

I am going to try that now and post the results.

Thanks again!

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:39 pm

vidoman wrote:Yes, it certainly can, and probably will. Anytime I am editing video, I have everything that is not needed disabled. In fact I have a seperate Hardware Profile setup just for editing.

If you have an application, utility or program that is a TSR (Terminate, Stay, Resident), then it may decide it needs to do something while you are capturing, rendering or burning. When it does, it would cause VS to pause. When capturing this can lead to dropped frames.

Ron P.

Ron, Thanks for reminding about this. I will set up a Tutorial about creating a Hardware Profile, it will then fit in nicely as a link from the one I am currently working on.

jedi-bob · Post by **jedi-bob** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:03 pm

Well, what I ended up doing is uploading (via firewire) the footage through VS9 and then opening the files with VS 10(demo) and taking advantage of the menu upgrades and such.

I still can't figure out how version 9 uploaded the footage with no jumps and 10 gave me trouble.

Thanks for all your help.

Post by **Ron P.** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:51 pm

I'm glad a work-around helped you, however it should not be that way. I too am at a loss as to why this is occurring. VS10 seems to be a better application then VS9. I will say that they did "rush it out the door", due to all the hoopla about HD.

I'm aware of several bugs that were there in the beta versions, that were not attended to prior to releasing. None of those pertained to capturing though.

Since you are using firewire to capture, the capture driver should be the same as that used in VS9, MS DirectShow.

Currently I have VS9 and the TBYB version of VS10+ on my system. I can capture with either, without problems. Prior to d/l the TBYB version of VS10+, I had beta versions along with VS9, and VS8. I would think that once I uninstalled the beta, my other versions would be messed up. To my surprise they were not.

The only other thing I can think of right now is the old and tiring, re-install VS10+. Did you get any errors such as CRC errors, while installing the TBYB? You might also check your Event Manager (Right-click on My Computer, select Manage. Then expand the Event Viewer and look at the Application and System. Any red circles with an X is an error. There are yellow triangles that indicate warnings.) See if there are any listed around the time you would have been capturing with VS10. Or you can try to capture with VS10, and if you have the same issues, go immediately afterwards to the Event Manager to investigate.

Ron P.