Choppy playback! Tried everything and going insane!

[Stephen Mann]

“Res is 720×57.”
This is *not* 16:9 resolution.

what is the original media?
What are your PC specs?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Donna Campbell]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for any help with this….

I shot the footage on a Samsung DV Cam.

It was ste to TV Fine.

Clips seem ok on playback on camera but when converted to avi ready to import into my project pixels are present?

Its only very noticable when i burn it off to dvd and play back on a larger screen.

I have tried all day to convert the footage in 4:3 and high/low res -and it makes no difference.
I have spent days doing this project and wondered if i now have to start from scratch?

Would appreciate any suggestions.

Many thanks.

[Matt Crowley]

Is the camera a DV tape camera? How are you capturing the video onto your PC from the camera? is it PAL 720×576 format? Widescreen?

If you got some software with the camera then use that to capture to DV AVI files over the firewire interface. You can also use Vegas (Movie Studio or Pro version) to capture to the AVI format (Project menu > Capture Video).

That will give you standard definition video files to edit in Vegas. You can then render (export) the finished video as MainConcept MPEG2 using the DVD Architect PAL video template (widescreen if applicable). You also need to render the audio separately as Dolby AC3 format. These files are used in DVD Architect to create a DVD.

[Stephen Mann]

Which Samsung DV camera?
How are you capturing the video in Vegas?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Donna Campbell]

Thanks guys,

The camera is a Schneider dv camera with both disc and card recording formats.

I recorded onto the SD card and brought the fottage in through my computers jdrive.

I saved them to a folder on my desktop and then selected them all and converted them in prism converter to AVI.

width – 720
height – 540
4:3

Frame rate 30
Pal

I have messed around with different settings all day yesterday and it has improved but there are still visable moving lines that define objects and surround moving objects which is really annoying?
The pixellation has improved slightly but still there?

Is there a different way i should be doing this?

Many thanks for your help… i have started a new project as i cant seem to rectify the clips in the original project which is a major pain!

Thanks,

Donna.

[Matt Crowley]

OK so I guess it’s not a true DV camera – DV is a particular video format recorded on miniDV tapes.

What exact format are the video clips on the camera memory card? Use a tool like GSpot to get the exact info. They might be something like MP4 video in a MOV or AVI file. If that’s the case you should be able to use them directly in your Vegas project, but the preview might get choppy unless you have a decent PC.

If the preview is too choppy, you need to convert the files (as it seems you have been doing). You can try converting the files to DV AVI if your converter supports that. The files will be much bigger, but the same quality and much easier to edit.

Your project should be set to match the input video format (frame size and rate). This is *probably* 720×576 25frames/second PAL.