Video Capture Help Needed

[Lee]

Trying to capture video from a Sony dcrtrv730 via
firewire. On both PCs (one is 600 P3, other is 1.6 P4),
MM recognizes and controls the camera, but when I try to
preview or record, the camera acts like its cycling from
play to stop and the capture is beyond poor. Does anyone
have any suggestions?

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

Try turning off all other apps, inc internet/a-virus/firewall/screensaver
etc.
Defrag hdd.
Ensure plenty of space, 13gb per hour.
If no luck, try windv, which is purely for capturing and exporting video.
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=1165

 

[vg4cysss7001]

Try turning off all other apps, inc internet/a-virus/firewall/screensaver
etc.
Defrag hdd.
Ensure plenty of space, 13gb per hour.
If no luck, try windv, which is purely for capturing and exporting video.
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=1165

At the risk of going off-topic,
I followed your link, but figured that windv was not appropriate for me
as I have only fairly rudimentary equipment: Sanyo analogue camera,
Adaptec AVC1100 USB capture box.

I have been getting audio and video progressively out of sync, perhaps
especially, I suspect, after trimming the beginning of clips.

I have tried a variety of software to do the capture and concluded that
the progressive loss of sync is due to dropped frames (during capture?).

However, <http://windv.mourek.cz/> contains a link to VirtualDub,
<http://www.virtualdub.org/index>, which I have downloaded and
installed.

After discovering that, for VirtualDub, it was necessary to route my
audio signal through line-in on my sound card, rather than through the
Adaptec device, it is now capturing both signals successfully.

The point of my post is that this is the first piece of software I have
encountered that actually tells me how many frames have been dropped
during capture, a most useful piece of information.

I shall implement the usual advice as above, then further testing will
determine if I can overcome the loss of sync.

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

Windv is for dv capture not analogue, so you are right in it not being
useful for you. Sync of audio/video is often a problem unless you use
quality equipment which has a way of locking the audio/video signals.
Depending on how much you are doing, have a look at canopus or miglia
equipment, reviews here
http://www.simplydv.co.uk/index.html

Graham