Video being captured is very glitchy, warpy, and audio too

Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:07 am

im capturing from a samsung duo cam, using my mini-dv tape.. how do i capture video and have it be a nice streaming video not a really jumpy and glitchy one.. also, the audio is horrible, and like someone is talking then 3 seconds later the audio plays for.. the audio is delayed.. it frames really bad too.

basically on the camera and TV its crystal clear.. how do i get it to look like that on my computer?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:19 am

How have you got the camera connected to your computer? As the video part of the camera is mini DV, it should be connected via Firewire in order to get the best quality captures in DV format. If you are connecting it via USB or by some other means, it will be poor quality.

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:19 am

1. you give absolutely no info about your system; operating system, hard drives, processor, ram etc. etc. This should be entered into your forum profile so responders have some kind of jumping off point.

2. Read this tutorial; http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=13421

3. if you're capturing with USB, don't. IEEE-1394, aka iLink or Firewire, works much better.

Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:31 am

thats probly it then, im using a basic USB.. i better get a fire wire i guess.. i dont have a fire wire cable or a pci slot for fire wire..

and my computer is a 2.8ghz ht p4, 1024mb ram, 256mb nvidia video card.. that good enuff?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:27 am

It certainly is good enough. Apart from my current main computer, I have an old Dell Inspiron 8000 running a 1GHz chip. It came with firewire, and captures just fine.

Fortunately, Firewire cards are quite cheap these days. Some even come with extra USB ports too. When buying one, make sure you get a cable with the right plugs at the end. Normally these are a small 4 pin plug at the camera end and the larger 6 pin plug at the card/computer end.

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:31 am

and my computer is a 2.8ghz ht p4, 1024mb ram, 256mb nvidia video card.. that good enuff?

That should be fine.

BTW- Your video card is only used to display the video. If you are doing any editing, all of the image processing is done by your CPU.

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:14 am

DVDDoug wrote:
and my computer is a 2.8ghz ht p4, 1024mb ram, 256mb nvidia video card.. that good enuff?
That should be fine.

Agreed. I've edited DV on lighter systems than that

IMO swiching to IEEE-1394 should help things considerably.

Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:52 pm

i appreciate your help guys, im goin to the store in a bit to buy some firewire stuff. ill let u know how it turns out, what do u say?

also, my camera is a DVI for my firewire cable. is that still the 4 pin plug u speak of?

oh yeah one more thing i forgot... my question was never answered about my Audio being messed up. do you think the firewire will fix that too?

Terry Stetler · Post by **Terry Stetler** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:11 pm

If the USB is causing you to drop frames this will cause audio synch problems.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:15 pm

Axiom -- I don't know your camera, but am assuming that like all mini DV cameras of which I am aware, its Firewire plug will be small, around the same size as the USB plug. If so, it will be the small 4-pin one.

And I certainly endorse Terry's comments about audio.