When doing a video capture, the software randomly stops by itself! So I can only get tiny short clips that are usually a few minutes long. Does anybody know why and how to fix this?
I'm using videostudio 7 SE with a panasonic PV-GS13.
Thank you very much
rudiger
Video capture stops prematurely
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Let me guess: you are capturing direct to DVD/MPEG format... If you are, and your computer is not particularly powerful, then the stops and starts are due to the fact that the computer is working overtime. It actually starts capturing in the 'native' DV/AVI format of the video in your camera, but then has to convert it on the fly to MPEG-2. If the computer is not really up to the job, the captured video gets stored in a buffer, and when that buffer fills up, the computer stops the capture process until the buffer empties out, so it can fill it up again.
The best alternative is to capture first to DV format, do your edits in that, and on then convert (SHARE) your project to a file which is DVD compliant. And then of course burn it to disc. Depending on exactly which SE version you have, though, you may not have the option to burn to a DVD, but only to VCD or SVCD.
The best alternative is to capture first to DV format, do your edits in that, and on then convert (SHARE) your project to a file which is DVD compliant. And then of course burn it to disc. Depending on exactly which SE version you have, though, you may not have the option to burn to a DVD, but only to VCD or SVCD.
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rudiger533
Thank you very much for your suggestion. However, I AM capturing to DV first, not directly to MPEG.
As for my computer being underpowered, that may be the case. My computer specs shouldn't be too bad, but the quality of some of the components are dubious.
P4 2.53 GHz
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB
Via Motherboard
Window XP Pro
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
As for my computer being underpowered, that may be the case. My computer specs shouldn't be too bad, but the quality of some of the components are dubious.
P4 2.53 GHz
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB
Via Motherboard
Window XP Pro
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
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THoff
Actually, your setup should be adequate for capturing DV, since this isn't all that resource intensive -- it mostly taxes the I/O subsystem, the disk and the FireWire / PCI bus.
On the other hand, if you don't have a whole lot of memory left over because you are running AV software, a messaging application etc. in the background, your hard disk may not be able to keep up due to paging to and from the swapfile. I would check Task Manager to see of much physical RAM is available, and I would also consider turning off the Disk Indexing Service unless you do alot of local drive searches.
Try performing the capture using another program to see if that has the same issues -- WinDV is an excellent free capture program for DV devices that has a very small footprint.
On the other hand, if you don't have a whole lot of memory left over because you are running AV software, a messaging application etc. in the background, your hard disk may not be able to keep up due to paging to and from the swapfile. I would check Task Manager to see of much physical RAM is available, and I would also consider turning off the Disk Indexing Service unless you do alot of local drive searches.
Try performing the capture using another program to see if that has the same issues -- WinDV is an excellent free capture program for DV devices that has a very small footprint.
Recorded video?
does your video have a "continuous" timecode? Or are there "gaps" between recording sessions (like you stopped recording, previewed the tape, and then started recording again -- but you left a little "space" between where you stopped and started the recording)?
Your computer should capture DV fine -- I used to capture dv .avi on a P-II 400 machine without a dropped frame. Check if DMA is active for your hard drive. Also disable any non-essential background tasks during capture -- like Virus Scan, task scheduler, spyware detection, etc...
Capture to type-1 dv .avi's (if you are currently capturing type-2 dv .avi's). Type-2 needs just a little extra processing for handling the extra audio stream...
Your computer should capture DV fine -- I used to capture dv .avi on a P-II 400 machine without a dropped frame. Check if DMA is active for your hard drive. Also disable any non-essential background tasks during capture -- like Virus Scan, task scheduler, spyware detection, etc...
Capture to type-1 dv .avi's (if you are currently capturing type-2 dv .avi's). Type-2 needs just a little extra processing for handling the extra audio stream...
George
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rudiger533
Wow, thanx to everybody for their suggestions. This forum is more effective than the official customer support!
Anyway, I have tried capturing with some other programs - Windows Media Encoder and Windows Movie Maker. I have the same problem with those. That's why I was thinking maybe hardware's to blame. I will try turning off AV and antispyware, but aside from that, I don't have much else running in the background. I'm not sure what happens with turning off disk indexing, but I can try that. I'll try that WinDV program too (tho I'd still prefer to get videostudio working
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As for the hard drive, I think it is DMA, though I seem to have forgotten how to check it. And the timecode, it's continuous. I think I've tried type 1 dv before but I'll try again anyways.
Thanks!
Anyway, I have tried capturing with some other programs - Windows Media Encoder and Windows Movie Maker. I have the same problem with those. That's why I was thinking maybe hardware's to blame. I will try turning off AV and antispyware, but aside from that, I don't have much else running in the background. I'm not sure what happens with turning off disk indexing, but I can try that. I'll try that WinDV program too (tho I'd still prefer to get videostudio working
)As for the hard drive, I think it is DMA, though I seem to have forgotten how to check it. And the timecode, it's continuous. I think I've tried type 1 dv before but I'll try again anyways.
Thanks!