The video programs like that better.
But you shouldn't have to record with the lens cap on ('cause this would also activate the microphone!) - put the camcorder into VCR mode, not camera mode, and press the record button!
-Ben
> No, there shouldn't be. The only time that you're dealing with data
> in
> realtime is when you're importing video. After that, it'll just work
> as
> fast as your processor can push data. Dropped frames at the end could
>
> also be the result of bad video data, say when you stop the recording,
>
> or recorded over the previous recording. I've also been told that you
>
> should record over a new tape with the lens cap on to establish a
> continous time code. Supposedly this helps when importing data.
>
> marlon
>
>
> Jim Campbell wrote:
>
> >I was actually able to get 100% success when I split it up and just
> >grabbed a couple of minutes at a time. All the drops came at the end.
>
> >I'm going to export to CD for now, but will eventually be authoring
> >DVDs. Is there a similar dropped-frame/choppy sound issue when
> >exporting finalized tracks out to CD/DVD that I should be aware of?
> >
> >- Jim
> >
> >Marlon Moyer wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>11 dropped frames in 17 minutes isn't too bad. If you're capturing
> at
> >>30fps, 11/30600 = 99.97% success.
> >>
> >>I have 1 drive that is solely devoted to capturing video. That is
> >>definitely the best option.
> >>
> >>
> >>marlon
> >>
> >>Jim Campbell wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Thanks Ben and Dharmesh. I defragged my capture drive (separate
> >>>physical drive, a 40 gig Seagate), which helped - I landed about 17
>
> >>>minutes of video with only 11 dropped frames. I have one more spot
> for
> >>>a hard drive, and I might have to get another large one solely to
> >>>capture video on. Eventually. Right now, the 40 gigs I have
> available
> >>>will do fine for stitching together some short videos of the girls
> for
> >>>family and friends until I can get a G5 to get some real work done
> :)
> >>>
> >>>- Jim, needs a second job at a video post facility
> >>>
> >>>Dharmesh Goel wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi Jim,
> >>>>
> >>>>I have found excellent articles at http://www.dvdrhelp.
> com/capture
> >>>>
> >>>>Although I do not have a DV camcorder, I have captured video from
> analog Hi-8 camcorder. There are tips on avoiding dropped frames.
> Ideally you should kill every unneeded program and capture the video
> onto a secondary hard drive (no-OS). In an uncompressed format, 1
> minute of video took about a gig of space.
> >>>>
> >>>>Another site for help is http://www.doom9.org
> >>>>Both sites have forums that have more detailed help.
> >>>>
> >>>>Dharmesh
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:39 PM
> >>>>To: CF-Community
> >>>>Subject: DV import
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Hi all -
> >>>>
> >>>>Christmas this year brought familytogether, joy, cheer, great food
> and a
> >>>>Canon Optura 20 DV camera. The camera's wonderful and the picture
> and
> >>>>sound are high quality. Right now, though, I'm looking at a few
> >>>>different DV editing suites and thought I'd solicit some input.
> >>>>
> >>>>1) I'm limited to a PC, so no Final Cut for me. Does anyone have
> a
> >>>>package they prefer? Vegas? Premiere? Avid? Pinnacle?
> >>>>
> >>>>2) I'm getting an unacceptable number of dropped frames when I
> import
> >>>>clips from the DV tape - this happens in the demos for Vegas and
> >>>>Premiere both. Is there a utility (or setting I don't know about)
> that
> >>>>will maybe slow down the import to slower than real-time for the
> purpose
> >>>>of guaranteeing 100% import of all frames and soundtrack? I
> already
> >>>>have 640 megs of Ram, but a 500 Mhz/100Mhz FSB proc. No system
> upgrades
> >>>>in the near future, unfortunately
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>>- Jim
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
>
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