choppy audio and video on capture

porterfi · Post by **porterfi** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:39 am

When I capture from my camcorder and go to edit, the video is jerky and the audio is choppy. I am using a Panasonic PV-gs9 and the firewire interface to download the video and am running XP SP2 with VS8SE. Any ideas?

keenart · Post by **keenart** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:55 am

Checked to see what USB version your cam is and cables are, what version USB connections you have on your computer. Typically USB 2 is preferable, but they should all match for a successful capture.

Does your cam use an external power source, plug it in before capture, take the strain off the batteries. If not, fully charge your battery before capture.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:38 am

This is described as being only an 'entry level' camera in the Panasonic range. The USB connection is NOT for transfer of high quality video, but is only USB 1.0 and thus only to be used for transfer of still photos taken on the SD memory card, or when that card is used in short burst movie mode.

To transfer high quality video, you must use the Firewire port, which is located with the USB port under the hand strap. It will only be a small port (4 pin) and probably will be described in your manual as the i-link port. But you will need to buy a Firewire cable (4 pin to 6 pin) and ensure that your computer has a Firewire card in it. If not you will have to buy one or have one installed for you. But to repeat myself, without one, you will simply not be able to transfer the video from your DV cassette in the camera to your computer with any quality.

porterfi · Post by **porterfi** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:36 pm

I am already using the firewire port. Sorry, I forgot to mention that in the original post. Any other ideas?

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:59 pm

What happens when you preview the captured video using an external program such as Windows Media Player? What are your system specs (especially CPU and RAM)?

Philander · Post by **Philander** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:49 am

Try to enhance your system, do some tweaks, etc and be sure that there are no other running applications.

Tell us your processor.

Is your HD DMA are enabled, please check it.

Also, if you can't capture well in Type 2 try Type 1 or the other way around.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:20 pm

I think Philanderer may have hit the nail on the head. It has been so long that I it has slipped from my mind. But when I first installed VS8, I was surprised that it set Type 2 as the default for my DV/AVI captures. That may be the case with your set-up too. Many people here find that their computers can't cope with Type 2, and indeed, as I recall from bitter experience on a much less powerful computer than I have now, the capture of Type 2 consisted of jerky video and broken audio... So certainly look to see what Type your capture is set for and change it to Type 1 if it is Type 2.

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