dropping many frames during batch capture

don roepke · Post by **don roepke** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:20 pm

I have Video studio 7.0
using sony cam corder and fire wire
when capturing avi its dropping about one third of the frames. Same thing happens when i try to do reqular capture.
I plan on putting it on a VHS when if I ever render & get tho the export area
Never had this problem on VS4 or 6
I did a wedding a month ago for a best friend & it had he is driving me crazy for the video.
Help Please

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:24 pm

I am having to remember the layout of VS 7. But in the Capture screen, click on the Options icon (I think it is a cogwheel about a third of the way down the left hand side of screen). When you have set the capture to DV (if you set it to AVI, it should normally re-set automatically to DV), is DV Type 1 or Type 2 encoder showing? Often, Type 2 is the default, yet this often the most problematic, especially for resource-challenged computers.

If it is indeed set for Type 2, change it to Type 1, as this is the Encoder which works on most, if not all, computers.

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:38 am

Try this capture program. It free and very small (in other words it won't use up much resources while capturing).

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Ron G.

don roepke · Post by **don roepke** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:39 am

to rguthrie
Downloaded and same junpy stuff
I am using DV1 and am marking avi which reverts back to DV
???

don roepke · Post by **don roepke** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:44 am

To: Ken Berry
I am using DV1 and clicking on AVI, should it go back to DV? It does.
Don

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 3:51 am

I see you have a 60GB internal and a 80GB external.
Where are you capturing to?

Why an external? you can have 4 internal IDE Drives, one will obviously be your DVD Writer leaving a further 3 slots available for internal hard drives.

Although I have an external drive I would not trust it for capturing as it is linked by a USB2 cable whcih I would not consider as fast as a drive effectively plugged straight into the motherboard by way of an IDE cable.

If capturing to your 60GB internal drive, the hard drive laser is having to work that bit extra jumping about between writing your AVI file during the capture and it's other tasks of reading the program plus all the other mundane things that windows continuosly carries out (check the program manager and note how many running processes are in play - even after a re-boot without anything else running.)

rguthrie · Post by **rguthrie** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:36 am

Plus I'll add how much harddrive space do you have left? When is the last time you "cleaned house" and defragmented your harddrive?

Ron G.