Dropped frames.do you have answers?

[d15859 0]

Try this link

http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc-1394/pt_advc-1394.asp

[skychic68 0]

Let me just update you...........

My new puter is.......FAST.
It certainly took care of the dropped frames. I have ZERO dropped frames. I am smokin now.

Now I just need another monitor and I will surely be sitting in style.

Don't ya just love new toys.....especially in the winter when there is very little else to do.

Que sera sera

[Blue-Skies92629 0]

try working on a second drive as well. Sometimes using the drive with the Operating System causes lots'a frames to drop.

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" -Groucho Marx-
"Tom flies like a rock" -Tom Carson-

[skychic68 0]

Baby, I'm way ahead of you. I have two drives in this thing and it is rocking. I have probably more storrage space than I'll use.......NAH.

Now, I just need to become fluent in my rogram.....It can be so frustrating.

Que sera sera

[Billy 0]

Another thing to watch is your processor and system temps,, mine has glitched up if they get too warm, not a problem this time of year, just open a window... but when rendering long projects etc. they can get pretty hot...

Now when do we get ta see some video!!??

Natural Born FlyerZ.com

[skychic68 0]

Thanks, I will. I also have an application that will allow me to see what temps these components are running at.

I'm on a very slow learning curve right now. Man, work, just has to interfere with everything. So much to do, not enough time.

Que sera sera

[Flying_Wizard 0]

Several things to be aware of when capturing video to a PC.

1. you need a fairly large amount of disk space 2Gb for 10 mins (roughly) Using a standard DV compressor.

2. Don't capture in Uncompressed.... file sizes are unspeakable.

3. Defragment your hard drive. (Drives fragment over time as files get moved deleted and so forth.) Free tools can be found all over the net on trials and freeware. A heavily fragmented drive will severly reduce the capture performance and you may find your PC dumping \ dropping frames.

4. Use an adequate processor, not really a direct impact upon the capture, but can have an effect on the program running it (especially if there are multiple background processes running)

5. You may want to disable your virus scanner if you have one (and disconnect from the net) The virus scanners can be set to scan incomming files, entire drives folders and files etc.... you don't want this program requesting read access to areas of your drive while you are trying to write to others.
Disconnecting from the net is just a general good idea (my flatmates drove me insane by sending net messages to me while I was copying)

6. Memory not that important in the actual CAPTURE (unless it's being captured to anything like MPEG) but as it's cheap as chips, you may want to top up :)

7. Expandin on the above.... capture in AVI. It's cleaner and easier to work with (and you need type 1 or type 2 AVI files to export back to most camcorders.

8. Limit the number of programs running (you said you did this already, but I am wondering if you are terminating the processes by using the icons on the bottom right (near the clock) or by using Ctrl + Alt + Delete and selecting the processes there.... (Don't do this unless you know what you are doing)

9. Win a lot of money and get the most stupidly fast machine with lots of memory and disk space....... I'm still working on the winning bit....

I am a wizard.....

[Flying_Wizard 0]

ahh.... just saw a second page when looking for my post..... covered most of what I said anyway... oh well....

I am a wizard.....