Capturing DV

ADinelt wrote on 12/16/2004, 9:48 AM

I have just recently capturing video from my Mini-DV camcorder (JVC GR-DV500). I am running Movie Studio 3.0a and Windows 98SE. Capture is being done via firewire.

Since I am running Windows 98SE, the captured video was split into around 4 separate files automatically by MS. During one capture session, the first video file was completely corrupted and the resulting image was square instead of a 4:3 aspect ratio. The rest of the captured video files were okay. I recaptured the first portion of the video again and thngs were okay. I also had this happen a couple of times when I borrowed my friends Sony Mini-DV camcorder.

Has anyone else experienced this or is there something that I could possibly be doing wrong?

Hope this makes sense and thanks in advance...
Al

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 12/16/2004, 10:46 AM

Sometimes if you start the capture on a glitch or a blank section of the tape the capture will be garbled. Since we all remember to record a few extra seconds before the scene starts (right? ;) ) you can make sure the tape is playing correctly for a second or two before you start the capture process.

ADinelt wrote on 12/16/2004, 11:33 AM

"cough... cough..." uhmmm, stutter stutter.. Right!! Of course we all start recording before and after the shot we want. Yeah, that's the ticket. Why I even leave 10 seconds... no, minutes before and after my shots. ;-)

Seriously though Chienworks, thanks for the info. That is something that I never even thought about, but I will definitely keep that in mind whenever I record or capture. Most of my stuff is just hobby and around the home, but I am going to be recording a friends daughters wedding next June and I need to get a lot of practice in before hand.

Thanks again...
Al