I've been using VS9 capturing DV from a Sony DCR-PC9E to a laptop with Pent 4, 1.2Ghz and 256MB. I have successfully created several DVDs with no problems at PAL 720x576 frame sizes.
Now, I've tried capturing analog from a VHS recorder using the camera to perform the analog to DV task. With VS9 running I can view video and audio on the laptop OK from the VHS albeit with a small degree of latency. My problem is that when I capture, VS9 starts to intermittantly drop frames.
Is it possible that the laptop is borderline spec for this task?
Any guidance would be most appreciated.
Unusual frame drop problem
Moderator: Ken Berry
if you were able to capture dv .avi's before, then you should be able to now. Is your hard drive getting filled up and/or fragmented? how large is your hard drive, and what is left in terms of space? you might need to defrag it, or get rid of some older videos to make room for new ones...
of course, other optimizations still needed:
-disable all non essential background tasks
-dma turned on for your hd
-don't do anything else during capture
try a free dv capture utility called WinDV (it uses a small buffer that could help minimize your dropped frames).
also try capturing DV Type-1 (if you happen to be capturing Type-2 now).
of course, other optimizations still needed:
-disable all non essential background tasks
-dma turned on for your hd
-don't do anything else during capture
try a free dv capture utility called WinDV (it uses a small buffer that could help minimize your dropped frames).
also try capturing DV Type-1 (if you happen to be capturing Type-2 now).
George
-
THoff
1. Defrag.
2. Turn off the Disk Indexing Service, it puts considerable strain on the I/O subsystem, and few people really need it.
3. Exclude the capture directory from virus scans.
4. Use WinDV to capture, especially since you only have 256MB of RAM. You don't want to load any hefty applications and cause Windows to have to swap during capture.
5. Consider using DV Type 1 captures if you aren't doing that already. It's a little bit easier to capture in this format.
2. Turn off the Disk Indexing Service, it puts considerable strain on the I/O subsystem, and few people really need it.
3. Exclude the capture directory from virus scans.
4. Use WinDV to capture, especially since you only have 256MB of RAM. You don't want to load any hefty applications and cause Windows to have to swap during capture.
5. Consider using DV Type 1 captures if you aren't doing that already. It's a little bit easier to capture in this format.
Tried everything now and although things have improved, I'm still having a problem - even with WinDV (although it reports no dropped frames). WinDV appears to record OK but during playback via Windows Media Player or RealPlayer, the avi 'stutters' occasionally. I'm wondering if lack of memory is still the basic problem here. I think I'll upgrade the memory and see what happens anyway.
-
THoff