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ScottW wrote on 7/31/2006, 9:30 AM
Usually, USB capture is for low quality video or for getting still images off the camera.

--Scott
rustier wrote on 7/31/2006, 3:57 PM
it does affect quality - and you may - may - have issues with the sound synchronization

you will save yourself a LOT of headaches by using firewire . . . .

AEC_II wrote on 7/31/2006, 4:42 PM
Thanks guys - the problem is that I'm continuing to have my computer freeze-up when using the FireWire. Also before it freezes I get a bunch of unconnected clips. The trouble I have with the USB capture is a bunch of dropped frames. With the FireWire I get no dropped frames. This has me stumped.

Ade
rustier wrote on 7/31/2006, 10:53 PM
1) were you capturing via firewire before and this problem reared its ugly head?
2)does this problem only occur with a specific video tape?
3) have you attempted to capture using another camera/tape?
4)does your system device manager show a properly working firewire adapter?
5)are you using the minimum amount of memory to run the program?
6) what video card are you using and does it have the latest video drivers?
7) are you using the latest version of XP and VMS?
8) are you attempting to use any other firewire devices at the same time?
9) have you tried a selective boot of your computer (shutting down all other non essential programs) and attempted to capture?
10) when you say your computer freezes are you saying the capture freezes, VMS freezes, or the entire computer freezes and you cannot recover without rebooting? and how long before this occurs?
11) have you stopped the capture after it freezes and viewed the captured file afterwards to see if you are really dropping frames - i.e. explored the possibility this is a "preview" during capture issue?

perhaps answering these questions will remove the stumps

good luck with it
gogiants wrote on 8/11/2006, 8:48 AM
In my experience, the key thing with capture tends to be the speed of the disk drive you are capturing to.

I think if you clarify what exactly you mean by your computer freezing, and then tell us what kind of disk drive you're capturing to that would help.

Things to know about the drive: Is it the same drive as Windows is installed on? What is the rotation speed of the drive?
gogiants wrote on 8/11/2006, 8:52 AM
One other thought: I've never had luck using VMS to do my captures. Never could explain why.

What I wound up doing is using the free software that came with my video camera (ULEAD) to do my captures, and then doing all of my editing in VMS.

So, you might try a free program (try Scenalyzer or something you have) to do your captures and see if you have the same problems...