Inconsistent when creating clips

hey guys and gals,

I've found MM2 to be very inconsistent when it creates
clips after I exit the Capture Wizard.

For example, I was running some tests and found that if I
stop capturing then start capturing again within 10
seconds, a new clip doesn't necessarily get created. I
understand that MM2 creates on large file and then upon
exiting the capture wizard, it created the clips from
that file, but like I said it is very inconsistent. I was
running 1 minute tests, so I'd capture for a minute,
stop, wait for about 5-10 seconds, then I would start
capturing again. I did this 5 times and was expecting to
get 5 clips, however that was not the case, one clip was
2 minutes long I got 1 that was 1 second long and a
couple other that where a minute long....does anyone know
why?

Does it have to do with my processing power?

I run a 2.5 Ghz with 518 mb ram and windows XP
professional. I have about 7 gigs of free space on my HD
also.

BTW I was capturing using a profile I created in the
Windows Media Profile Creator. However I had similar
results when using a stock profile and when capturing to
DV-AVI.

Any Ideas???

Thanks in advanced

This is from the MM2 Help file...

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Clips can be created when you originally import a video
file into Windows Movie Maker if you have selected the
Create clips for video files check box. However, if this
check box is not selected when you import a video file,
the file is imported as a single clip rather smaller
multiple clips. You can then use clip detection later to
divide a video file into smaller clips.

Clips are created in a variety of ways, depending on the
video file and video source.

Video from a DV camera. If you capture video from a DV
camera that is connected to an IEEE 1394 port, clips are
created based on the time stamp inserted in the video by
the DV camera. If no time stamp or other markers are
present, the resulting video file is divided into clips
based on each significant frame change in the video.
If you import an existing DV-AVI file into Windows Movie
Maker and time stamp markers appear in the AVI video
file, the file is also separated into smaller clips
according to time stamp information.

Capturing video from an analog video camera or Web
camera. If you capture video from an analog camera or Web
camera, a clip is created when there is a substantial
change in one frame of the video compared to the next
frame. This method is used for both live and existing
content from an analog source.
The size and duration of the clips is based on the
duration of the entire video file. Therefore, video files
that are longer in length will have clips that are longer
in duration compared to the clips created when a shorter
video file is clip detected.

Windows Media files. If you import a Windows Media file
with an .asf or .wmv file name extension that has file
markers inserted, a clip is created for each marker. The
markers help to divide the file into manageable sizes.
If the source Windows Media file contains no markers or
only one marker, a clip is created when there is a
substantial change in one frame of the video compared to
the next frame.

The time it takes to detect clips in a video file
increases as the length of the video file increases. If
you click Cancel while clip detection is occurring, clip
detection stops at the current point in the video file,
the clips that have been detected appear, and the last
clip contains the portion of the video file that remained
when clip detection was cancelled. You can later click
the last clip and then create new clips starting from the
last clip at which clip creation was originally cancelled.

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>-----Original Message-----
>hey guys and gals,
>
>I've found MM2 to be very inconsistent when it creates
>clips after I exit the Capture Wizard.
>
>For example, I was running some tests and found that if
I
>stop capturing then start capturing again within 10
>seconds, a new clip doesn't necessarily get created. I
>understand that MM2 creates on large file and then upon
>exiting the capture wizard, it created the clips from
>that file, but like I said it is very inconsistent. I
was
>running 1 minute tests, so I'd capture for a minute,
>stop, wait for about 5-10 seconds, then I would start
>capturing again. I did this 5 times and was expecting to
>get 5 clips, however that was not the case, one clip was
>2 minutes long I got 1 that was 1 second long and a
>couple other that where a minute long....does anyone
know
>why?
>
>Does it have to do with my processing power?
>
>I run a 2.5 Ghz with 518 mb ram and windows XP
>professional. I have about 7 gigs of free space on my HD
>also.
>
>BTW I was capturing using a profile I created in the
>Windows Media Profile Creator. However I had similar
>results when using a stock profile and when capturing to
>DV-AVI.
>
>Any Ideas???
>
>Thanks in advanced
>
>
>.
>