Dropped Frames

RZ wrote on 8/7/2010, 8:18 AM

I have a bunch of home videos made into DVD's over the last 10 years.Unfortunately, I don't have the original captured files. When I see them now I can improve color and improve audio. I dropped VOB files on vegas timeline and adjusted color, contrast. the video looks "better".

Then I got encouraged a bit more. This time, I played the DVD in a DVD player and re-captured the video via Canopus ADVC 300. The new files does show "noticeable inprovement" in video noise.

The problem I am facing is that the capture process is dropping lots of frames. Is there a solution to prevent dropped frames in this situation. Thanks

RZ

Comments

musicvid10 wrote on 8/7/2010, 8:37 AM

You didn't say what type of drive you are capturing to. USB drives can be dodgy for capturing. IDE drives must have "DMA Enabled" to capture without dropped frames.

I would figure out how to work with the DVD files rather than do an analog capture of them. I use VideoRedo Plus to get the files from the DVD to my computer.

farss wrote on 8/7/2010, 8:48 AM

To expand on that a bit.
The ADVC-300 employs dynamic noise reduction in its hardware. The same thing can be done in software e.g. Mike Crash's free Dynamic Noise Reduction plugin or some prefer his Smart Smoother for this task. Given that there's no reason to play out a DVD in a player and then capture that to get the noise reduction.

Bob.

RZ wrote on 8/7/2010, 11:30 AM

Thanks, then I should drop VOB's on the timeline, apply Mike Crash's plugin and render to avi.Am I getting it right?

musicvid10 wrote on 8/7/2010, 1:48 PM

Well, if the VOBs sync up on your timeline, fine. The other ways are to "Import Camcorder Disc" in Vegas or VideoRedo or Womble or ImgBurn (to a single file).