Uwe is a smart fellow. I have seen more computer issues solved by replacing cables than anything else. Check cables first. Richard Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Uwe Soltau <[email protected]> wrote: > As a first step I would try a different firewire cable. > Had problems with cables in the past. > > Uwe > > On 3/26/2012 7:44 PM, John Favaro wrote: > > > > I have a simple setup that is admittedly a few years old now: three PAL > > cameras using > > > > Mini DV, all several years old, no HD, PP2 to process. After filming I > > capture the DV to > > > > disk through firewire. All very straightforward and has worked fine for > > years. > > > > A while ago, one of the cameras started to act funny: after capturing > > the DV onto the > > > > hard disk through PP2, the audio was spotty. Every second or so there > > was a gap - > > > > literally, you could see it in the waveform. So I would just use another > > camera for the > > > > firewire download. > > > > But now all the cameras have that problem. I was figuring I had a bunch > > of broken > > > > cameras, when I realized that inside the cameras, the audio did not have > > this problem. > > > > They would play back fine inside the cameras. > > > > Gradually I came to the conclusion that the problem is not the cameras > > but the firewire > > > > transfer. Something seems to have "broken" there. It's certainly not a > > problem of PP2 > > > > because I tried it with MovieMaker and a couple of other programs, > > always with the same > > > > results. > > > > So I'm wondering what's going on. I guess the first question is: has > > anybody encountered > > > > this type of problem? I'm wondering if the firewire interface can > > "degenerate". I also > > > > tried it on two different disks, too, with no difference in results. The > > problem seems > > > > genuinely to be in the firewire transfer, and probably on the computer's > > side. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! > Meet the 'next Susan Boyle' > Shy Jonathan Antoine blows away the "Britain's Got Talent" judges with his > amazing voice. > Privacy Policy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
