problems capturing because of source tape

[Sean O’boyle]

it might help that I’m capturing from a mini-dv tape on a mini dv deck with a firewire cable

[Lee Berger]

I’ve run across that problem when there is a bad spot on the tape resulting in a data error that usually cannot be seen as would a drop out. The way I’ve solved the problem is to capture around the bad spot which in my experience is right where the capture fails. I you can afford to loose the material capture right up to the error and then 5 or more seconds after the failure. The other work around is to capture vial analog device such as AJA I/O using the component inputs. I know not everyone has this capability, but it works.

Lee Berger
http://www.leebergermedia.com

[Sean O’boyle]

I’ve tried capturing in the middle and in the beginning of the tape and i got the same message both times.

[Lee Berger]

Does it fail in the same spot each time? If so use device control (mark in and out) to capture before and after the failure.

Lee Berger
http://www.leebergermedia.com

[Neil Ryan]

Where did the tape come from?
It may be a difference between your Capture Settings and the actual tape settings; ie frame rate, timecode type, video standard (NTSC/PAL) audio rate (48k v 32k) DVCam v miniDV etc.

[David Bogie]

And it might be that your playback deck simply does not like the tape. If you recorded on a Sony and are playing on a Canon, the camcorder’s head patterns may not match closely enough to play coherently.

Use the same deck you shot on. Get a cleaning tape and run it through the deck.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Blackdrape]

Hi there.
Did you figure out what the problem was?
I’m having the same problem. Any more suggestions?

[Blackdrape]

Any more suggestions?