Print to tape: minimum system requirements

Terpsichore wrote on 1/4/2002, 3:55 PM

Should I reasonably expect to be able to print to a DV camcorder without dropouts using a 600MHz PIII? I can almost do it, but I get an audio dropout less than 1sec long, every few minutes. I tried two different cameras, different tape, same result. Mouse clicking on the desktop forces a dropout, although the system resouce meter shows only about 10% normally. Any ideas?

I'm running Win98SE, with a 7200RPM hard drive.

Comments

SonyEPM wrote on 1/7/2002, 8:25 AM

You can print DV with a 600 proc. Make sure your drives are defragged, and that DMA is on for all drives. It is really all about system tweaking- it can be done!

Control_Z wrote on 1/8/2002, 1:21 AM

Yes, I use my wife's P2-350 for DV i/o (with an external firewire drive).

Dunno if it's an issue in VV3, but I learned long ago not to use .mp3's with NLE because they will sometimes drop out.

Terpsichore wrote on 1/10/2002, 3:52 PM

Thanks for your help, turning DMA on for the hard drive got me over the hump.