Problems with Capturing Video and Printing to Tape

DanielKurland wrote on 1/27/2004, 1:04 PM
First off, if anyone can help me with this, I would be so grateful and you would literally be my hero. I spent a great deal of money on this equipment, and for someone who is very short on funds, it was a considerate amount. My problem is that when I capture the video onto the computer, it appears all choppy or the audio is lagging, or there is some sort of metallic aspect added to the audio. Then when the video is transferred back to tape, the video retains this quality. Also, I constructed an introduction of my own on the computer that was at a fast, non-choppy speed, but when that transferred back othe video it was incredibly choppy and was virtually useless. Please tell me how to transfer video to the comupter so it remains the same as it is on the camera, and so things I create on the computer als k eep their speeds. My camera is a Canon ZR 65-MC, I have a Windows 98 SE Pentium II. Video is done in .avi format, please tell me whatever needs to be done, and thank you so much for your time and effort. Once again, thank you.

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johnmeyer wrote on 1/27/2004, 1:11 PM
Are you capturing through your Firewire (1394) cable, or through an analog capture card? (i.e., how do you connect your camera to the computer?)
DanielKurland wrote on 1/27/2004, 1:22 PM
I have a FireWire Cable and Card installed.
corug7 wrote on 1/27/2004, 1:49 PM
What speed is your hard drive running at? Do you have one that runs at 7800 rpm? If not, you might be dropping information. Just a thought.
DanielKurland wrote on 1/27/2004, 1:58 PM
I am unaware fo what speed it is running at, but it does say frames are dropped after I upload my video onto the computer.
johnmeyer wrote on 1/27/2004, 2:48 PM
1. Make sure DMA is enabled for the hard disk you are capturing to. To do this:

Right click on My Computer.
Cick on the "Device Manager" tab.
Double-click on "Disk drives."
Double-click on the name of the hard disk you use for capturing. The name may be something like: "Generic IDE Disk Type 80."
Click on the "Settings" tab.
Make sure that the "DMA" box is checked. If it isn't, check it.
If you have more than one hard disk, repeat this for each hard disk.
Re-boot the computer.

2. Make sure that you don't have background drivers interferring with the capture. Click on Start, then "Run." Type "MSCONFIG". Press enter. Click on the Startup tab. Uncheck everything except Scanregistry, TaskMonitor, SystemTray, LoadPowerProfile (there may be more than one -- keep them all checked). Reboot and try another capture. If this doesn't change anything, run MSCONFIG again, and on the General tab select "Normal Startup" to re-enable all the things you earlier disabled.


craftech wrote on 1/27/2004, 6:53 PM
Daniel,
Print this and take the time togo through it. It is very well done and very helpful:

http://www.custcenter.com/cgi-bin/sonypictures.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=n475Bt2h&p_lva=&p_faqid=306&p_created=989816400&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTIwJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9SG93IHRvIGVuc3VyZSAmcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT0zJnBfcHJvZF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfcHJvZF9sdmwyPX5hbnl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDE9fmFueX4mcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=

Hope that helps.

John