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Terry Esslinger wrote on 3/3/2009, 12:24 PM
What sort of 'glitch' are we talking about?
kholloway6 wrote on 3/3/2009, 12:44 PM
The video from the camera divided into two files, they are literally suppose to go together. When previewing and when actually playing the finished product you can hear a gap in the sound and the picture flicks off then back on in a split second. It is much like a hiccup in audio and video. I want the video to continue virtuously seamlessly.

I have just purchased and am now uploading Vegas Studio Platinum Plus Pro 9.0.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
Terry Esslinger wrote on 3/3/2009, 1:00 PM
I am not familiar with this camera. Is it a hard drive cam? Was your video taken in one shot - that is no pausing. If so why does the camera break it into two sections? When you play it back on the cam is there a 'glitch'? If the space in between the two sections is only a frame or two can you not overlap (dissolve) the last frame of the first section and the first frame of the last section? I'm having a problem understanding the problem obviously.
kholloway6 wrote on 3/3/2009, 1:05 PM
It is a Sony DCR-80 Hard Drive Camera. When videoing in the SP (Standard Play) mode it will start another file after approximately 45 minutes. It's what the camera does.
MSmart wrote on 3/3/2009, 1:35 PM
You probably have some "noise" at the end of the first clip or beginning of the second that was created by the camera as it was closing the first file and creating the second.

Zoom in on the timeline enough so you can see individual frames then split/delete a frame or two of either clip to get rid of the noise. Slide the second clip up to fill the gap created. This will get rid of the glitchy sound and all that you will notice when playing it back is a slight skip in the video.

The other thing you can do after getting rid of the bad frames is to overlap the first and second clips a few frames to soften the skip effect created by the missing frames you deleted.
kholloway6 wrote on 3/3/2009, 2:49 PM
I have spoken with Sony and they said the camera does this to cut down on the possibility of getting a corrupted file because it would be so large.

I guess I am just going to have to live with this.

Thanks for the help, I'm sure I'll need some more in the next few days.
Chienworks wrote on 3/3/2009, 6:54 PM
Since you know the camera is going to do that, you should probably endeavor to look for opportunities before the 45 minute mark to pause & restart recording at moments where you can slice out a few frames to get rid of the nasties.
abelenky wrote on 3/4/2009, 5:46 PM
I have this same camera, and have not had such a problem.

I recommend zooming in very close on the spot where your two clips are joined, and making sure that they are really end-to-end with no blank frames in between.

If you still have a problem, try overlapping them a very tiny amount, perhaps 3-to-6 frames. the resulting fade-transition will happen so fast that by the time the viewer thinks they might have seen something, its already gone.

Also note that the Preview-window inside VMS is unreliable for judging the quality of the join. Tasking the software with playing back two files end-to-end in real time is too much, especially for moderate to low-end computers. The proper way to judge if the transition is smooth is to render a small region, roughly 20-seconds before the break until 20-seconds after the break, and then watch that in an external program (like Windows Media Player). That will give you a much better idea if the video streams are well joined or not.