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Chienworks wrote on 6/27/2005, 6:51 AM
I'm guessing you mean "dropped" frames, right?

You will have to partition and format that drive. You probably already know that, but i'm just making sure.

If you have a 600MHz or better computer you should be all set. On my old 866MHz i could browse the web, word process, play mp3 files, edit in Vegas, and render stimultaneously while capturing and almost never dropped a frame. Keep background processes to an absolute minimum. These can sometimes kick in and steal a lot of processor cycles. You may want to turn off the automatic scanning feature of your antivirus software, but i've never had to.

The two biggest problems i've run into that cause dropped frames are scrolling a web browser window that contains a large or many small images, and the fireworks display at the end of Spider Solitaire. On the other hand, opening and rendering a 1000+ event Vegas project doesn't even cause a hiccup with VidCap.

One other technique i used a lot on a slower computer was to set VidCap's priority to above normal and other programs to below normal. Now on a 2.6GHz box i don't even bother with this anymore.
Bit Of Byte wrote on 6/27/2005, 7:04 AM
Thanks.

How do I set VidCap to higher priority?

I have a P4 (2.8Ghz) - 1MB Corsair RAM, ASUS P4C800E-deluxe MB.
My OS/Vegas HDD is 120GB.
My Video Editing disc is 2x120GB (240GB RAID0 Array)
Enough?

What is the advantage of capturing to a separate drive when the drive Vegas is on (and doing all the capturing) may incur interuptions causing dropped frames - which is independent to the virgin HDD.

BIt

Chienworks wrote on 6/27/2005, 8:06 AM
Assuming you have Windows XP, do a Ctrl-Alt-Delete and bring up the task manager. Right-mouse-button click on VidCap, choose Priority, and select Above normal.

Have you tried capturing yet? You shouldn't ever drop frames with that setup. If you are dropping frames then i would suspect a massive virus/trojan infection that you need to take care of.

The advantage is that those interruptions should only "bother" the OS drive. Remember that Vegas (or VidCap) is NOT running from the hard drive; it's running from RAM. The only thing that should be accessing the capture drive is the capture process.
Bit Of Byte wrote on 6/27/2005, 8:29 AM
Why shouldn't I go High or real time priority instead of just above normal?

Should I still be running my virus scanner duirng capturing?
Chienworks wrote on 6/27/2005, 11:23 AM
Because it's not necessary.

If you want to.

Tell me, have you tried capturing yet? If so, have you had problems with dropped frames?
Bit Of Byte wrote on 6/27/2005, 4:16 PM
HI Chienworks.

YEs, I have captured before (only 1x83min DV Tape).

I got many dropped frames (like 150 ish).

I did not want to proceed any further until I understood what was going on here...