Dropped frame on a DV tape – Is there any workaround to capture ?

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

Best digital capture bet is to just keep trying to capture the same small area over and over.

One of the passes might prove to get (more of) what you need, then edit that good section in.

If you can get the analog input to WORK, just edit in the missing small area (enough to not look or sound too “obvious” and the quality should be fine enough for “patch-work.”
(Good grief, until just a few years ago EVERYTHING was analog and no one “passed out” from using the process!)

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

AND…

Switch the capture preset to “NON-CONTROLLABLE DEVICE” and just use “Capture Now” as you manually play the tape near and over the bad section(s).
Do this numerous times until you (might) get a better-playing section into FCP.

[Mitchji]

Hi,

You can do a capture now with FW Apple or FW basic or which will capture the clip up to the bad frames. Then log and capture a clip that starts a couple of frames past the dropout. This is tedious but it will allow you to get everything except one or two frames.

Another option that might work that was posted earlier was:
“I prefer to use the basic DV capture utility in Sorensen Squeeze 3 in this sort of capture problem instance. It has no setting controls whatsoever, and seems to ignore a lot of problems that more sophisticated programs don’t – and it captures FCP-compatible QuickTime clips.”

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Ace Billet]

Well, the footage is about an hour long, with a LOT of drops (once every 10-30 sec),
It’s supposed to look kinda grungy so I think i’ll just capture it all analog and process the video.

However, I can connect either S-Video or “RCA” (Red, White, Yellow connectors) to the DAC.
Which kind of connection will produce more * cough * accaptable results ?

cheers
ace

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[Ace Billet]

I remember having that kind of problem with a different camera.
I solved this by capturing from iMovie (maybe has something to do with “forgiving”
amateur drops ?) and importing the clips to FCP.

Going to try that now ..

cheers
ace

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[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

Hope the iMovie solution works.

Back to the analog question.

When given a choice, always go with true S-Video rather than composite.

[Ace Billet]

Just captured the whole “dropped” tape vid iMovie.
A lot of small clips (after each drop or cut) but at least DV.
(boy that sounds amatuer)

cheers
ace

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[Mitchji]

Hi,

I think you will need to render the audio.

Best Wishes,

Mitch