Capturing Ques

sunshinegirl690 · Post by **sunshinegirl690** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:43 pm

I have the Panasonic PVGS300. I have been capturing in DV format following the Rec procedures. So I thought maybe I could capture in MPEG and followed those precedures. Well the captured video has all these little squares appearing and disappearing on the video. So what does that mean? My computer isn't fast enough? I did something wrong?Am I having a DUH moment?

I have a 2004 Dell Dimension 8400 series 3.4GHZ
2GB RAM @400MNZ
160 HARD DRIVE
ATI 1300 256MB

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:05 pm

Hi sunshinegirl

When you capture to Mpeg choose DVD as the capture format.
This will provide you with compliant mpeg properties. Suitable for up to one hour.

Check for ¡¥Dropped Frames¡¦ during capture.

Saying that the best method of capture is to Dv via a firewire connection.
This produces a Dv-Avi file 13 Gb per hour

Trevor

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:08 pm

Your computer is plenty fast enough to capture directly to DVD-compliant Mpeg2. I would suspect that your capture properties are not set properly and this is causing Video Studio to run off the rails. BTW, your computer could outgun mine anytime and I have always captured directly to Mpeg2 with excellent results.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:02 pm

Hi sunshinegirl -- a silly season question: is there REALLY a town called Hurricaneville, particularly in a state like Florida?

sunshinegirl690 · Post by **sunshinegirl690** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:56 am

It all depends on who you ask

My neighbors(including myself) during Fancis, Jeanne, and Wilma felt like our street was smack in the middle of it! Anyways thanks for the responses. WOW is it late

sunshinegirl690 · Post by **sunshinegirl690** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:19 pm

NOPE!!!! I can't do it! Caputuring to DV (selcting that) works fine. As soon as I choose DVD or MPEG I get all those squares showing up? What am I doing wrong?
I set up the camera, go to pref choose "show message....,click the options wheel-video cap pin no options all gray out
MPEG settings - dvdntsc selected, frame rate and size is right, lower field, aspect ratio, variable bit rate 8000.

I am obviously not doing something correct, DV capture works fine. I wanted to see if the rendering was much quicker if it already was is mpeg format for burning to dvd, after editing it of course!

Trevor Andrew · Post by **Trevor Andrew** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:41 pm

Hi sunshinegirl

I do not think you are doing anything wrong.
If you are connected via firewire and selecting Dv as the capture format, then the captured video is actually transferred to your pc, a bit like downloading, or copy and paste, what you have in the camera is what you get.
This is the best way to capture.
You then edit in this format and finally create a video file to Dvd.

When you select capture as DVD the footage is re-coded/trans-coded during capture.
This is where you are having problems.

Capturing directly to Dvd will improve the render times as Smart Render will play its part.

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Hope this Helps
And Merry Christmas