I have a major problem with both PRINT TO DV TAPE from the timeline of Vegas 3.0c and PRINT TO TAPE from the Video Capture side of the program. Both are done using the DEFAULT TEMPLATE - NTSC DV.
What happens is a simple 31 mins of video gets recorded back as 57 minutes of gobbly goop. Every few seconds of good video I get a 4-5 seconds of pausing, then continuing good video followed by the pausing.
My Camera is a Sony Camcorder - TRV-30. Conncected to the computer via a standard firewire connection.
My computer is a AMD Athalon 1800+, 512mb of Ram Windows XP platform (sp1 just added)60 gb hd with a Audigy Plat. Soundcard which has the firewire hub connections. Nvidia TI500 video card - note: all drivers are up to date as of 30 September.
I have rendered to tape succesfully before so this is not a new thing. Except the SP1 fix for WINXP is the only new addition.
Ok - here is what I have tried -
1- I have rendered the video to WMA, MPEG2, and AVI (NTSC-DV) with no errors- all playback fine.
2- Using the Video Capture side of the program and PRINT TO TAPE - when previewing to external monitor, I see the pauses just as I do on the tape when I PRINT TO DV TAPE
3- I have defragged my harddrive and turned off all Virus Protection, firewall, etc running in the background.
4- Using Windows Task Manager - I watched CPU usaage for anything running extra and found NADA- CPU usage w/ Vegas while PRINT TO TAPE is 7%-35%.
5- I have uninstalled completely and re-installed Vegas 3.0c bld 138 twice - Same results. (even verifying when uninstalling no registry items so it is a pure clean install)
6- I have check all connections, drivers etc for the IEE 1394 Firewire hub and found no errors.
7- re-read the Sony manual for the cam and Vegas manual - still nothing.
8- Called SOFO Tech Support and spoke with Ted- (a really great tech, for we have spoke before about other issues) -the only thing he came up with was possibly IRQ sharing by my firewire hub and USB hub or a bad firewire cable. Well I have Printed to tape using the same config and no problem for the IRQ issue would of shown up before but the cable- well...
9- I ran a 30 second test shot- where I captured 30 seconds of film -Perfect no errors- but when I Print To Tape or Preview on External Monitor - Boom same errors Stop and go- 30 seconds turns into 57 seconds of pauses- it doesnt drop frames -it just stops and goes in a few second increments. So the cable works since it is a fiberoptic cable and what goes in should travel the same path out right?
10- I AM STUCK!!!!!
So any help that you all have - I would greatly appreciate it - (it is my daughter's birthday and son's christening -so the less computer savvy family members like Grandma are patiently waiting for their tape. (I take the DV tape and dub it over to VHS on another machine- but then you know that drill)
thanks,
s/dca
What happens is a simple 31 mins of video gets recorded back as 57 minutes of gobbly goop. Every few seconds of good video I get a 4-5 seconds of pausing, then continuing good video followed by the pausing.
My Camera is a Sony Camcorder - TRV-30. Conncected to the computer via a standard firewire connection.
My computer is a AMD Athalon 1800+, 512mb of Ram Windows XP platform (sp1 just added)60 gb hd with a Audigy Plat. Soundcard which has the firewire hub connections. Nvidia TI500 video card - note: all drivers are up to date as of 30 September.
I have rendered to tape succesfully before so this is not a new thing. Except the SP1 fix for WINXP is the only new addition.
Ok - here is what I have tried -
1- I have rendered the video to WMA, MPEG2, and AVI (NTSC-DV) with no errors- all playback fine.
2- Using the Video Capture side of the program and PRINT TO TAPE - when previewing to external monitor, I see the pauses just as I do on the tape when I PRINT TO DV TAPE
3- I have defragged my harddrive and turned off all Virus Protection, firewall, etc running in the background.
4- Using Windows Task Manager - I watched CPU usaage for anything running extra and found NADA- CPU usage w/ Vegas while PRINT TO TAPE is 7%-35%.
5- I have uninstalled completely and re-installed Vegas 3.0c bld 138 twice - Same results. (even verifying when uninstalling no registry items so it is a pure clean install)
6- I have check all connections, drivers etc for the IEE 1394 Firewire hub and found no errors.
7- re-read the Sony manual for the cam and Vegas manual - still nothing.
8- Called SOFO Tech Support and spoke with Ted- (a really great tech, for we have spoke before about other issues) -the only thing he came up with was possibly IRQ sharing by my firewire hub and USB hub or a bad firewire cable. Well I have Printed to tape using the same config and no problem for the IRQ issue would of shown up before but the cable- well...
9- I ran a 30 second test shot- where I captured 30 seconds of film -Perfect no errors- but when I Print To Tape or Preview on External Monitor - Boom same errors Stop and go- 30 seconds turns into 57 seconds of pauses- it doesnt drop frames -it just stops and goes in a few second increments. So the cable works since it is a fiberoptic cable and what goes in should travel the same path out right?
10- I AM STUCK!!!!!
So any help that you all have - I would greatly appreciate it - (it is my daughter's birthday and son's christening -so the less computer savvy family members like Grandma are patiently waiting for their tape. (I take the DV tape and dub it over to VHS on another machine- but then you know that drill)
thanks,
s/dca