Choppy video capture

pbergnj wrote on 6/17/2004, 7:28 AM

Seems that when I capture video from my Canon DV camcorder through the firewire port, the audio/video is a little choppy (skips/jumps frames). Anything I can do 'software' wise to make the capture smoother?

(I know I'm not up to speed with the cpu but got no bucks to upgrade right now). Thanks.

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SonySCS wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:11 AM

This may be a problem with dropping frames while capturing. Capture's Help has a troubleshooting entry that lists three things to try: use a dedicated hard disk, defragment your video capture disk, do not run any other programs during capture. The KB article even says to try running vidcap alone.

Suzan

This Knowledge Base article has a lot more suggestions:

Steve Grisetti wrote on 6/17/2004, 8:50 AM

Also, some people mistake what they see during capture (which can sometimes look choppy) with the actual capture. The computer sometimes compromises your preview in order to give you a nice, clean captured clip. Play back what you've captured and, if you're still having problems, check out my list of suggestions for streamlining the process:
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=12&MessageID=250929

SonySCS wrote on 6/18/2004, 8:21 AM

^^ Duly added to I.E. Favorites.
Thanks,
Suzan