DV Timecode scan too sensitive

su_A_ve · Post by **su_A_ve** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:41 pm

Yes, you read it right... Here's the issue. It seems my camera occasionally skips a second or borrows a second when recording date/time into the DV stream.

So when VS (tried both 9 and 10 trial) scan the DV, it will detect a scene when it should not.

Found a free Avi analyzer (someone post the link to the sticky - I think it's a MUST !) at http://www.geocities.com/edward_gelzin

So, looking at some of the tapes and at the locations VS would detect a different scene I found this. Here's an example of the data:

09.07.2004 11:04:40 Frame 568 - TimeCode 00:00:18 13
09.07.2004 11:04:42 Frame 598 - TimeCode 00:00:19 13
09.07.2004 11:04:43 Frame 658 - TimeCode 00:00:21 13
09.07.2004 11:04:44 Frame 688 - TimeCode 00:00:22 13
09.07.2004 11:04:46 Frame 718 - TimeCode 00:00:23 13
09.07.2004 11:04:48 Frame 778 - TimeCode 00:00:25 13

So VS would detect 3 scenes at TC 19.13, 23.13 and 25.13 due to the second skipping. Note that there's actually 60 frames for timestamp 11:04:42

Question is (other than calling JVC and hoping for a fix), is there a way to 'reduce' the sensitivity (I guess an ini tweak ?).

In the mean time, I can use WinDV provided I set the sensitivity to 2 seconds if I want separate files per scene, or use Scenalyzer (freeware) to scan the full avi, and detect the scenes correctly and saving a new file per scene.

TIA...

su_A_ve · Post by **su_A_ve** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:30 pm

Bump - anyone ?

BrianCee · Post by **BrianCee** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:26 pm

It is not possible to alter the split by scene option if you are relying on a DV timecode that is interupted - how would you be able to tell VideoStudio which timecode breaks to take notice of and which ones to ignore.

As I see it you have two options - both involve first capturing the whole video in one piece - option 1 is to put your video in the timeline and use the 'split by scene' option in the information panel - this does not split by timecode but looks for differences in the content of adjacent frames. - option 2 is to put the clip in the timeline and use the editing procedure described on the "Edit in Timeline" page of my website.