Dropped Frames

[Eric Peterson]

Need more info. Computer info. Capture card info. What are you storing your footage on?

[Miklos Philips]

There may be a choke on your system somewhere. Do not compare what plays back on your camcorder (off tape) to trying to capture in FCP, because it doesn’t even make sense. Capturing in FCP depends on your system’s speed, RAM size, hard drive speed, did I mention speed? It’s most likely your system is not fast enough to capture the digital video stream coming off your tape that you’re trying to capture. What’s more, whenever asking such a question, you will get more responses if you describe your issue with more detail including your system and FCP and Quicktime versions (at least.) Your question is too broad.

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[Gary Adcock]

[Pachaunida] “Dropped frames were detected during the last capture attempt.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?”

faster storage devices , don’t capture to your system drive, only one thing on the FW bus

to start.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows