Lock Up During Capture VS7.01

lweese · Post by **lweese** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:44 am

I'm new to this forum and this software. I have only created one DVD to date, however, I have been plagued by VS7.01 locking up during a prolonged capture (with "Split by Scene" enabled). Is this a MS XP issue or a VS issue?

I have a rather puny hard drive (37GB) so I installed a 128GB external via firewire. I am capturing to that external drive and have the preview preferences directed to that drive as well.

Any help would be great, I'm terribly frustrated!

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:35 am

How are you capturing? If it's DV AVI through FireWire, then the embedded timecode is used to detect scenes, which doesn't require much CPU attention at all -- the computer is essentially only writing incoming data to disk.

Try to provide more details of what you are doing.

lweese · Post by **lweese** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:41 pm

I am doing just that DV -> AVI using firewire

Settings:
Source: Panasonic
Format: DV
Check Split by Screen
Capture folder: <My external drive>
Options: Check Capture to Library, DV type-2

The only other setting I have altered in the preferences is to set the preview files for my external drive. I had initially assumed the lock up was due to insufficient disk space.

If I babysit the capture and stop capture every 5 minutes or so I can work around it (although it still will lock up after 30 minutes or so of use). I'm beginning to wonder if this is a MS problem. Once lock up occurs the directory VS was writing to is corrupt and windows will lock up if I try to open the folder. I have to delete the folder and restart the whole process.
My PC OS is MS XP.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:08 pm

If your computer only has a small hard disk, I assume it otherwise does not have much in the way of resources, particularly a fast CPU and possibly RAM. If this is indeed the case, then you are probably doing yourself a disservice by capturing DV/AVI using the Type 2 encoder which is relatively resource-consuming. People with less powerful computers who use Type 2 often run into a range of problems. Try capturing using Type 1 and see if that solves your problem (you can change the Type by clicking on the Options cog wheel icon on the middle left hand of the Capture screen.)