Difficulty Importing Large Files

[S. Marcotte]

The drive is formatted NTFS, as I mentioned earlier in this thread. Another thing that might be of importance is the codec involved: Matrox dvcpro50.

Let me steer this in another direction: Is there any software that could convert my AVI files into a bunch of TIFF files? I bet that would solve it.

Many thanks – S.

[S. Marcotte]

Or better yet, can anyone recommend a good AVI splitter?

[Mike Velte]

Why are the files Matrox? Do you have a Matrox Axio on your system? Can Windows Movie Maker open the files? (Dont bother using MM to split clips, as Premiere cant use those either.)
Try a demo of this;
https://www.boilsoft.com/videosplitter/

[S. Marcotte]

Thanks for the link. I tried it and it seems to work when I break up the files into smaller ones. Takes forever, as expected. I just hope I didnt loose any quality in the process.

I dont know what a Matrox Axio is (capture card?) I just told the guy at the transfer lab to try and use a DVCPRO50 codec because thats the format I shot with. Thought it would save quality and space. I later found out that I should not have mixed a Panasonic shoot with a Microsoft post-production. They dont get along, apparently. I clearly have a lot to learn.

Incidentally, the guy captured on a Mac, then transfered to a co-workers PC, then to my NTFS hard disk. Maybe his FAT32 drive had something to do with it.

Now if I can just figure out why my sound is out of sync and why the fields appear to break up whenever an actor shakes his head. How I long for my old Arri 16mm and optical printer.

Thanks for the help. I suspect youll be reading my posts for a while to come – SGM

[Mike Velte]

DV with audio sync issues can be caused by dropped frames on capture. The result is longer audio than video.