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Dropping frames while capturing from miniDV Cam.
I’m trying to capture some footage using Premiere Pro 1.5 and it keeps dropping frames.
I’m using a miniDv Canon ZR400 (NTSC) on a PC with 1Gb of Ram, 2.6Ghz processor, through firewire 400.
I’ve checked every possible cause I could remember of:
– Checked the specs of my hard drive and its more than enough
– Turned off the preview while capturing and still didn’t work
– Tried connecting the camera through the external HD and save the footage in itThe most akward thing is that I managed to capture footage with the exact same PC but with a PAL miniDV cam and
it did’t drop any frames.Anyone got any solution for this?
I appreciate the attention on this matter.
Cheers-David
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2 Replies
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Download a free program called Windv: https://windv.mourek.cz/
Premiere capture is picky on a lot of things, including fragmented drive, whether you a using a master or slave drive for capture, and what program is running in the background, including antivirus.
Windv buffers the capture and I’ve never had a dropped frame since.
Vince
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hey that’s great, thanks a lot for the tip.
I’ll give it a try right away.Thanks,
David
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