When Capturing Video+Audio.....

E46_328Ci · #1 (**permalink**) 12-30-2002, 10:57 AM

Its all choppy!!! why is that?

sorry i'm a newbie at this video editing stuff.... i can't seem to figure out why!

Edit:

I have a P4 1.5 and 512mb so i should be straight. what the deal !

silver323 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 06:09 AM

is it choppy when played back on the computer ? also what kind of camera? are you using usb or firewire ? need more info, what software are you using to capture, and what settings within the software are you using when capturing ?

bdougr · #3 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 09:16 AM

also try to down sample the audio. even go MONO unless it is important to have high definition

E46_328Ci · #4 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 09:52 AM

oh shit, sorry about the LACK OF INFOMATION!!

Panasonic pv-dc252 - Cam

Adaptec Fireconnect 4300 - 1394 card

Computer:
P4 1.5
512mbSD
GeForce4 4400Ti 128ddr

http://mason.gmu.edu/~hdo/hookedup.00.avi

there is my first video... choppy as hell!! used Adobe Premier to do all the Capturing and whatnot.

I used VirtualDub to compress the audio and video using DivX and 32kb sound.

what can i do to fix it

my capture settings.... lemme peep it out right fast,

Video:

Compressor: Microsoft DV (NTSC)
Frame Size: 720x480
Frame Rate: 29.97fps
Depth: Millionssssss
Quality: 100%

Audio
Rate: 32000hz
Audio: 16bit Stereo

edit:

try not to hammer my school's webserver... lol!!

silver323 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 03:33 PM

hmmm..... hard to say what that is caused from, does it play fine in adobe after capturing it ? and also, just use adobe to compress the file, go to file and explor timeline, and click on advanced, something about explort for web or something, im not on my computer with adobe right now, it does a good job. check out my movie at http://WWW2.NETDOOR.COM/~RAYP , right click it and save, it's at the bottom of the page there, all done with adobe.

E46_328Ci · #6 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 04:41 PM

no it doesn't play fine in adobe... its even choppy when im capturing.

Castro · #7 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 05:08 PM

Does it play like that on the tape? Trying to capture it without any skipped frames thats what causes the choppyness. If it always skips frames then the source (your tape) is bad or your computer can't handel the information but i doubt its the computer.

Hope that helps

E46_328Ci · #8 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 06:25 PM

it might be my computer? I don't know but i can't figure it out!!! ahhhhh

mooboydc5 · #9 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 06:27 PM

I would check for programs running in the background like adware... It should at least play smoothly before you export...

silver323 · #10 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 08:31 PM

make sure you have all other programs closed that would cause lagging. if you have windows xp, go to start , run, type in msconfig and click ok, then put the computer in selective startup, and then click the start up tab, then click disable all, but go back and reselect any antivirus software that you may want to run, you probably just have too many programs running and lagging the system , either this or you are using the wrong settings when capturing...

E46_328Ci · #11 (**permalink**) 01-01-2003, 09:40 PM

surprisingly, I only have 4 things on my startup... nothing really laggy that loads up, i went ahead and disabled those, i ran a ad-ware program so it deleted a lot of that Ad-Crap.

Running Anti-Virus now, and going to defrag tonight and capture hopefully something nice tomorrow!

E46_328Ci · #12 (**permalink**) 01-04-2003, 10:09 PM

anyone? i can't seem to figure out why!!!

AdrenalineRace · #13 (**permalink**) 01-04-2003, 10:38 PM

Normally logging problems are caused by having other programs running at the same time. You chose all of the right options, and you computer is more than fast enough to capture video correctly. It may be a bad firewire. Take it to someone else's computer and see if it works on their's.

White Gt · #14 (**permalink**) 01-05-2003, 05:26 PM

I got this problem with my old 10.2 GIGS ATA 66 hard drive and solved it with my new ATA 133 80GIGS with (PCI SCSI adaptor Card) because my main board hard drive controller is just ATA 66.

And i only got this problem on Adobe not with MGi Videowave III or videostudio. The weird thing is that you got a fast computer and you're not supposed to get this problem.
Here's my advice:
Trying MGI V...... just to see if the problem is with others capture program.
Trying to use another PCI slot for your firewire card maybe it's a conflict with another card.
my 0.02$

Scho · #15 (**permalink**) 01-05-2003, 06:09 PM

Mine sometimes looks choppy when uploading from the firewire, but it plays and edits fine. If your camera is connected, it should look fine on the screen of the camera. That is what I go by. I am getting another monitor for playback as well when editing.