Mike Velte
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DV files on a PC fall into 2 categories;
1. Microsoft DirectShow
2. Video for Windows (vfw)All have an .avi file extension.
Microsoft’s DirectShow has 2 types…1 and 2 for better names. Premiere creates and can open only type 2. Movie Maker creates type 1 but can open type 2. Other apps vary in their compatibility.Video For Windows is used by third parties like Canopus, Matrox, etc. There is probably a dozen different VFW codecs around. Premiere can play these IF the codec and hardware hare installed on the system.
How can you tell which is whicH?
If niether Movie Maker nor Premiere can open the file, then it is probably a VFW movie and your system does not have the codec installed.If Premiere cant open it, but Movie Maker does, then it is probably DirectShow type 1.
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Make sure firewalls and virus scanners are turned off while capturing. Also defrag the HD first.
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.cda files are from a Redbook audio CD and cant be copied or used from the CD directly…the music must be ripped. Use Window’s Media Player to do this, but get into the options first and set the Quality slider to High.
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PCM is uncompressed audio and sounds better than Dolby. Most folks accept the slightly reduced audio quality and a trade off for an additional 1.2 mbps video bitrate.
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What hardware did you use to capture…and into what App??
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“The SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) instruction set is included with Intel Pentium 4 and later processors, and with AMD Athlon 64 and Opteron and later processors.”
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Dropping video frames during capture can cause the audio to drop behind the video. Try recapturing and note at the top of the capture window if any frames where dropped.
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The clutsy method might use the track select tool modified with the shift key to push “everything” to the right.
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Drop frame timecode “drops” frame number 00;02;00;01 and then one frame number every 2 minutes after that to create 30 frame numbers per second …just a scheme to work around the 29.97 thingy and stay sane.
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Yes, it is a tryout limitation.