[Steve Kerr]

when I said “Switching tracks” I meant using the Track Composite Level envelopes. Moving the 4:3 video to the bottom track seems to have fixed my problem. Thanks for the help!

[Steve Kerr]

I think you’ve just answered my question, Stephen.

This was actually recorded with a Panasonic many years ago, and this tape is the first one I ever recorded…. I probably would have recorded it in LP. Now I am trying to transfer the video with a brand new Canon ZR900 and experiencing difficulties.

I fixed the dropped frame problem myself… it was due to having too many programs running in the background. I changed all the startup utilities to minimize the computer usage and the last transfer I attempted had 0 dropped frames.

Thanks for your help! now I need to track down an old miniDV camera to try to transfer the LP…. or is there any other way for me to do it?

[Steve Kerr]

Actually, the first time I attempted transfer, I had over 1000 dropped frames over the course of a half hour, haha. So I reconfigured my startup programs, restarted my computer, and transferred again smoothly, without a single dropped frame. (with no other programs other than an antivirus running)

I first transferred approximately 15 DV tapes about a month ago. Out of the 15, I’ve discovered approximately 13 were transferred with this camera without incident. I recently moved and found two important DV tapes that I didn’t transfer, so I got the camera again and am having this difficulty. Out of curiosity I went back to my old footage and found two tapes that have the same problem that I’m having now.

I film live concerts for local bands for a living, and I have edited full shows with the tapes from the last time I transfered with this camera, so I know for a fact that I’ve had some videos transfer without any issues. I’ve also done a wedding with the footage as well, with not even so much as a dropped frame… which is leaving me baffled here.

Would it help at all if I broke the capture up into smaller pieces? For example, the first couple minutes transferred fine… instead of trying to transfer the entire footage in one go, should I interrupt it mid-song and try it that way?

Thank you so much for your help. It is so relieving to find someone who can give me some input here.

[Steve Kerr]

Well vegas gives me the option of doing it HDV or DV, so could I switch that? I’ve been doing it through DV so far.

I was able to transfer a number of tapes that I had filmed with the old camera (Panasonic) with the Canon… so why would certain tapes not work? (I guess your cat in the hat comment explains it). Are there any other options to solving this? It was hard finding someone with a mini DV camcorder, I don’t want to have to go through it again if I don’t have to (but I will… if I absolutely have to)

Thanks for your response!