video capture - frame drop

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It apprears that SP2 reduces the download capability of firewire devices to
well below the 400b speed required by video editing suites for DV editing (I
am using Premiere Elements). Consequently I am getting "frames were dropped
during capture" whenever I try to capture DV. I have installed the Windows
patch KB885222 but it has made no difference (I am losing about 10% when
capturing). Any ideas? What about checking download speed in Registry - how
is this done and can it be safely altered?
 
ricky said:
It apprears that SP2 reduces the download capability of firewire devices to
well below the 400b speed required by video editing suites for DV editing (I
am using Premiere Elements). Consequently I am getting "frames were dropped
during capture" whenever I try to capture DV. I have installed the Windows
patch KB885222 but it has made no difference (I am losing about 10% when
capturing). Any ideas? What about checking download speed in Registry - how
is this done and can it be safely altered?
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Have you actually made this a certainty, by comparing it to pre SP2 installations? Keep in mind Firewire, and the like, are only as fast as the memory, and processors can read and write. I have two SATA drives, and their (written SPECs) transfer speed is around 150megs/second (as compared to ATAa@ around 110. I never get that transfer rate, whether I had SP1 or 2.
 
I have not checked this but the Premiere Elements Manual quotes the need for
a 400b speed for successful downloading. I have not tried anything prior to
SP2 installation but the Windows Patch itself refers to such a speed and the
fact that the installation of SP2 reduces this speed down to 100b.
 
Again, the patch may refer to anything, but it does not know what hardware you have. Your hardware setup is going to be the criteria in which you meet the standards you expect.
 
Have solved the problem with the aid of Microsoft Help Desk.
Suspecting the O/S was corrupted they recommended re-installing XP and SP2
and trying again. When I did this Premiere Elements had become corrupted but
once I had re-installed that everything worked fine.
 
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