Audio artifact in downloaded video

[cdawley]

I have a problem when I download video from the minidv camera where occassionaly I get a short burst of a low pitched buzzing sound ( one second or less). This did not happen the first few times I used the program but does now, the same problem happens if I use another video editing program besides Video Studio 10. The occurance frequency is about 5-6 times per one hour video transfered. The computer is Gateway 2.8 ghz pentium 4, 160 gb 7200 rpm drive ( 110 gb free) and 120 gb firewire external (100 gb free), mother board has integrated video, 1.5 gig RAM.

The problem happens with two different Panasonic cameras and different tapes.

[sjj1805]

..... the same problem happens if I use another video editing program besides Video Studio 10. The occurance frequency is about 5-6 times per one hour video transfered. .....

Possibly a fault with your camcorder?
Faulty cable between camcorder and computer?
Possibly a corrupt tape in your camcorder?

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[Ken Berry]

A sound like that is usually associated with a dropped frame during capture. Make sure you have turned off as many background processes as possible during capture. Also, you might want to Google for a small freeware program called WinDV which does one job but does it excellently: capture DV video. It usually does so without dropped frames. Make sure you also keep background processes to a minimum, and have set WinDV to capure Type 1 DV.