Capturing problems using ULead VideoStudio 10

[neuz]

I am having serious problem capturing video from my Canon ZR700. The video I am capturing is only 2 minutes long and I am getting about 125 dropped frames. I am connecting through a firewire cable and trying to capture with VS10. Any ideas why. I have closed all other
programs and stopped all other unneccessary programs. Just having bare minimal running.
Is this a program that is poor on capturing? Is there a free program that is better for capturing. I thought when I bought VS10 that is would be a good program.
I hope I didn't leave out any info. Please let me know if I did.

Thank you so much.

Neuz

[edDV]

Try WinDV. It is bare bones and transfers with the same quality.

Import the resulting DV-AVI file into VS10.

[neuz]

edDV,
Thanks for the advise. Any idea though why I am getting dropped frames using this software?
Is VS10 a good software(I hope because I bought the $100 version)?

Thanks for your help.

Neuz

[JustOneOfMany]

I have been using VS 10 since it first came out and no problem capturing. I think it is a good program. Try capturing in AVI format. It may work better.

[edDV]

edDV,
Thanks for the advise. Any idea though why I am getting dropped frames using this software?
Is VS10 a good software(I hope because I bought the $100 version)?

Thanks for your help.

Neuz

It should work fine.

The WinDV test will help show if the problem is with the computer or with VS10 configuration. For instance, do you have VS10 set to encode DV to MPeg2 on the fly? What are your VS10 project settings? DV? etc. etc. etc.

[neuz]

I have tried encoding to Mpeg-2 and Avi and it looses frames either way. My project setting is DV.
I will try the WINDV when I get home from work. I'll let you know the results.
My computer is a P4 1.8Mhz 748MB of RAM saving to a 80Gig HD.
All that should be plenty

Thank you for everyones help

Neuz

[edDV]

I have tried encoding to Mpeg-2 and Avi and it looses frames either way. My project setting is DV.
I will try the WINDV when I get home from work. I'll let you know the results.
My computer is a P4 1.8Mhz 748MB of RAM saving to a 80Gig HD.
All that should be plenty

Thank you for everyones help

Neuz

You should be capturing* to DV format. A P4 1.8Mhz is probably insufficient for real time software MPeg2 encoding without huge drops as the buffer overflows.


* Actually "DV capture" is just a ~30Mb/s data stream from DV tape to the HDD so there should be very little CPU activity if VS10 is set correctly. The stream will be decoded for monitoring purposes only. The data that reaches the DV-avi file should be identical to the data on the DV tape (i.e. still first generation).