Prgram needed that will fix dropped frames and audio sync..

[thepunkerguy]

Alright. Well here is the deal. I have leadtek Winfast TV 2000 XP Deluxe capture card. Well, i am importing some 10+ year old tapes and thus it dropes frames causing the audio to get out of synce with the video. To correct this problem i have been using Virtual Dub to import due to its "Adjust Video Clock Dynamicaly to match Video Clock" option. This compensates for the droped frames and keeps the audio/video in sync. The only problem with this is that it imports the video as AVI. I need a program or way to import video directly as MPEG2 that has the same type of "Adjust Video Clock Dynamicaly to match Video Clock" option. I need a program that will import directly as MPEG2 while compensating the dropped frames and keeping the audio in sync. (so i can put it right on a dvd without more conversion) Does anyone know how i can do this? Thanks!
- Mike

[johns0]

I used to use mpeg capture but switched to avi capture due to better editing and better quality picture,i would stick with avi if i were you then encode to mpeg,the prog i did use for mpeg capture was powervcr2 which kept sync pretty good,you might want to look into that program.

[shdwsclan]

MPEG2 compression on capture is not a good idea if you have a weak system -> anything short of a dual xeon, but may be the only way if you were a sucker and bought a capture card.

Truely, DV capture is the best, you can keep upgrading formats, such as the new DV version 2, which reduces image grating problem imensely.

No capture cards that I know of support FrameSync.
Dazzle DV-Bridge is the best for converting old tapes.

A dropped frame can result from a pc error or a media error.
PC is too slow, needs ram, defrag, ect.
Media is damaged, or has not been normalized with power output of each wavelength and a spike/clip in amplitude can cause a dropped frame to be recorded and played.

I have looked, and there are no such programs to automatically remove clicks in sound, and delete repeated frames where drop frames occur.

I use Adobe Premier 7 Pro with 2d3 SteadyMove Plug-In to capture video at a res of 720 by 480 (~520 PAL).

An hour of video took me 35 minutes to scan and fix 50 dropped frames.
Usually you can do this at 50% zoom, and look where the sound peaks stop abruptly and then use the monitor to make sure it is a dropped frame.

You also have to fix the sound in a separate program while refrencing back to the premier razor cuts to see where in the timeline it happens.

I use Sony Sound Forge 7.0, when you are done with the video, export the audio, use the refrencing method, and the noises are easy to find.
The noise will usually be only on one channel so you can just copy and paste/overwrite and make that milisecond of sound in mono stero.

FrameSync would help, the DV bring has an input output for the cable but few VCRs support it, because DV has it embedded.

Premier still doesnt support mpeg2 fully and robustly like Ulead MovieFactory 2.