Is there a way to find out WHERE my dropped frames occured?

Sticky Fingaz wrote on 6/3/2004, 10:20 AM

I am using Vegas to capture a 1 hour MiniDV tape, and it said 320 or so dropped frames occured (most likely in one spot). Without watching this whole video, is there an easy way to find out what time it occured? Thanks in advance!

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beerandchips wrote on 6/3/2004, 10:32 AM

The best thing is to set Vegas to dump out of capture on bad frames. I don't know if it will tell you if it captured with bad frames where they are.

Sticky Fingaz wrote on 6/3/2004, 10:39 AM

I'd rather have the video be downloaded with dropped frames rather than not at all...

jetdv wrote on 6/3/2004, 11:02 AM

If mine said 320, I'd recapture. The magic number for me is ZERO.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 6/3/2004, 11:06 AM

does vegas support TC, you might be able to capture with TC and see where there is a jump in the numbers? if it does support TC (time code) But I don't know of a way persay, to just look up where it happened

Sticky Fingaz wrote on 6/3/2004, 11:24 AM

Unfortunately flaws in tapes once in a while will make that impossible.

Cheno wrote on 6/3/2004, 1:20 PM

more importantly than where it happened is why it happened...

320 is a ton, that's 8 seconds of video somewhere overtime...

make sure your harddrives are defragged, minimize your vid cap preview screen and kill all apps in the background. I've never dropped frames due to a bad tape so I guess that could cause it.. usually it's a 'puter issue.