Jerel Peterson
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I eventually gave up on using the Matrox Forums to get help, but found there current support phone number, and they responded quickly–even though I had no serial number to give them.
The answer is that the Matrox VFW codecs were never updated to run in Windows 10. They suggested that I use a Windows 7 machine. I did a fresh install of Win 7 and with VFW installed, I could view the old files in Windows Media Player and RealPlayer (although not in the correct wide-screen ratio), so I thought the problem was solved.
But, Premiere still locks up when trying to render the files (and Pinnacle Studio only shows a black screen). It appears as though there are certain spots along the timeline that cause the problem, as I was able to export short intervals of time (from 30 seconds up to 3 minutes at a time) but it would always lock up once I tried to get past the 10-minute mark. A few other old videos show nothing but black or gray and won’t export anything.
So, I guess I’ll just have to be satisfied with the video that was captured on the school’s standard def camera. What is frustrating is that if I would have just made blu-ray ISO files at the time, I WOULD be able to burn those now. I did that for one game, but in 08-09 almost nobody had blu-ray players, so I never bothered to make more at the time.
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I won’t have access to those files for about a week, but will try drop box after that.
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?? I’m hoping you have some more advice.
Anyone know of a company that would be able to do the transfer if I sent them the files? I tried a place called ‘Legacybox’ with no luck, no luck locally yet, either.
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I just rolled back the Windows Update and now everything is working.
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I’ve had 3 different Sony models over the past 2 years. None have worked for H264. Two worked for MPG2. Oddly, it was the $50 black Friday units that played my burned DVDs without problem, while a more expensive model couldn’t.
I’ve tried ri-data Blu-Ray DVDs and Verbatim, no difference as far as H264 is concerned.
I almost always stick with the default export settings with 20 as the max rate.
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I saw that chart earlier today, and it was helpful. But I was more interested in WHICH data type should be used for the one faster drive.
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I bought a pack of Verbatim DateLifePlus and have now burned 10 discs without an error. I don’t know why the brand I have used for years suddenly started giving me over 50% coasters. (and I’ve got close to 200 of those sitting on my shelf)
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I ended up putting 3 PCIe Intensity Pro cards in to the computer, connected to 3 inexpensive HDMI camcorders. I get 6 good USB webcams and sometimes up to 8, although a lot of the time the last 2 to be added have dropped frame issues with Wirecast. It took me a long while to get to this point, but on the whole, I’m very satisfied with the Pro cards, and can live with (only) 6 working webcams.
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Thanks for pointing it out — for some reason, the codec was set for H264 instead of animation. It’s working now.
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It WAS the video card. The nVidia card was somehow putting the haze on the video. I put in a Radeon card and now the webcasts are crystal clear.
