Capture Problems

gjames wrote on 12/30/2003, 11:26 AM

Hi,
I have just bought Vegas 4, to capture and edit DV from my JVC camera.
Problem is when I capture the DV via firewire, I now have video with small horizontal lines appearing on the edges of figures moving and on stationary objects. (I am using PAL).
I had used PowerDirector 1 previously and I didnt have this problem with the captured video. Scince the new software I had reformatted my XP and reinstalled everything. I resorted to PowerDirector and it's doing the same, even with the original captured video (mpeg2). I have looked at the help online with V4 but I cant find where this problem comes from. I capture using PAL standard format.
Any help will be fantastic.
cheers
George

Comments

DGrob wrote on 12/30/2003, 2:24 PM

DV capture is simply a direct copy of the digital info from the tape to your HD. There is no rendering involved. I don't understand your reference to mpeg2 as original capture.You don't want to be editing an mpeg2 file in Vegas - many posts on this in the past.

A little more info will help us. The squiggly lines issue has also appeared in the past on this forum. Are you seeing the lines in the preview window? Is the timeline preview fine, but the rendered files distorted? A precise workflow desciption please. DGrob

gjames wrote on 12/30/2003, 3:18 PM

Thanks for your reply.
I suppose that you are right in that the DV to HD is a direct copy.
The problem is that the lines are appearing in the View window of Vegas and also when I play them back using PowerDVD or Media Player.Alos appears in the Is the timeline preview. My concern is that the original files that I converted to MPEG 2 for SVCD burning (from powerdirector), now display these horizontal lines when I play them back. Before I formatted and installed Vegas the playback was fine indeed, there were no lines present and the capture via PD had no problems.
This is now a new phenomenum that I cant seem to fix. I reinstalled Vegas and updated Direct X 9b, but the playback in the vegas view window and when using PowerDirector to capture the same footage still produces these lines.
George

DGrob wrote on 12/30/2003, 7:27 PM

Are you saying that your pre-existing (from before your upgrades) mpeg2 files now display these lines regardless of playback application, wmv, powerdvd, or vegas?

Have you tried capturing new DV and rendering a short test in Vegas to see if the same holds true? It sounds like the issue lies outside Vegas. DGrob

gjames wrote on 1/1/2004, 1:45 PM

Yes thats correct. The previous mpeg files are now showing these lines (they look like a pretty bad TV). I am going to uninstall all my video/graphics players and Vegas 4 and then after a clean up reinstall everything and see what happens. I am thinking that it must be a driver or a software issue. Thats because before formatting everthing was OK.
I use Ace utilities to clean up the registry and junk files, but it can be very vigorous in its application.
I'll be away for a few days and I will post back the outcome.
Cheers
Happy New Year

gjames wrote on 1/19/2004, 1:46 PM

All fixed!
I uninstalled every graphic and media installation (even mediaplayer 9), and cleaned up the system, defragged and reinstalled everything except media player. All is back to normal, the video quality has returned to excellant.
Thanks for the responses. It did seem to be a system problem rather that Vegas 4. I suspect it was the media player upgrade (via MS site) that created the problem. I'm not game to reinstall MP to find out.
Cheers