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No doubt this exercise is giving you a pain in the butt. Often the best way to sort out these sort of problems comes down to elimination. I suspect there could be one of two problems. Sata drives in caddy’s are not common (they should work) but I’ve seen some funny stepdowns and configurations. To eliminate the Sata problem try connecting one of your Sata drives directly to the Sata bus (in other words, eliminate the caddy connection).
The second suspect is the Matrox card. Capture cards add another element to the edit suite. They need a “driver” between the card and the system and when you introduce new elements like SP2, Sata Caddy’s etc., the “driver” may need changing. Search the Matrox site for more info on this.
But first, try the Sata drive connection, this may well be the bottleneck.Redgum Television Productions
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You best explain your setup. Are your Sata’s in caddy’s or USB/Firewire? Why and how are you swapping the SATA drives? Are they identical in setup? FAT/NTFS? What’s your O/S. Explain your “scratch disk” setup?
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I agree with Mike. This sounds very much like a BIOS issue particularly on a MB that has major functions built in.
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Defrag your video drive regularly. Prem Pro will always slow down as its project size increases but not usually to that extent. I currently have a one hour hdv program on the timeline with plenty of overlays etc and about 400 clips. It takes about three minutes to load. I defrag after every edit session. Also make sure your scratch disks are set up properly.
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Have you set the “Project” up as a 16:9 project or a 4:3 project? As I understand it if your initial set-up is 4:3 the interpret footage will not function.
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Sorry Martin,
Try this thread over at the Adobe Premiere Pro forum…https://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?13@1019.UBh1ebAO7Wf.4@.3bbc09f4/15
Might help.
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Steven,
How common is the problem? I’ve just captured four HDV tapes (all interviews) around forty minutes each and no loss of sync. Half way through an edit I found two short interviews out of sixty odd (less than a minute each) that were out of sync in the project box (in other words, when previewed). Any ideas on what causes this problem?Redgum Television Productions
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Geez, I’ve got three projects on the go that won’t be finished until January next year. No way I would touch an upgrade before then. Most professionals schedule upgrades into their work flow, despite any new features that may be included. Anyway, it’s always wise for the hobbyist to try upgrades first, they complain louder and usually sort out where the problems are.
Just take your time Adobe, quality is always better than quantity.Redgum Television Productions
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I think the problems with the HC1 have been discussed in detail before. Do a search or have a look in the HDV section.
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Out of interest, how did the hard drives perform in Windows? Were they visible in My Computer or Windows Explorer?
Redgum Television Productions
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