Rendered file is too slow

[xinjingqiao]

Hi,
I captured (3) 1 hour DV tapes to my computer but when I viewed the rendered file, both SVCD and DVD, it seems to be a bit slow. (My goal is to make a SVCD from the DV but when the result turned out slow I tried the DVD to see if it would be any different but it wasn't.) To give you some kind of idea of what I mean by slow - not exact - the program I taped, which took about 2 and a half hours seemed to need an extra 5 minutes or so. I don't know if this is because of some problem with the tapes stretching? How can I fix it? I am using Ulead Videostudio 6. The original file capured from the DV is about 37 GB

[State Of Mind]

Just incase you end up with dropped frames...don't use UVS6 just for capturing DV. Use WinDV. http://windv.mourek.cz/download/WinDV-1.2.3.zip

[xinjingqiao]

There were no dropped frames...the problem is that the resultant file was a seems to take a few minutes longer to play than the event it recorded. is there some way I can speed it up?

T

[pchan]

It looks like you have captured in uncompressed format. Tough for even the fastest PC. As a rule of thumb, a 10min video clip (avi format) = 2 giga byte. Go to the codec section and get one. Either Huffyuv or Picvideo MJPEC codec. Huffyuv is a freeware and Picvideo is not.

[xinjingqiao]

thanks..so r u suggesting that my Ulead software was at fault? I don't mind if that is the problem. I understand what you are telling me to do but I am not sure why. You are telling me that I should re-render the file using a different program so I am assuming that there is something at fault with the Ulead??

T

[xinjingqiao]

So you are suggesting that I must recapture the video? Is there any way to correct the file I already have?

[redwudz]

I am still not clear on what you mean by slow. Do you mean the MPEG shows that it is a little longer than the original video? If so, what is the problem?

If the file displays properly, I would ignore the extra length. I am assuming you are using SVCD format. If the finished video won't fit into your media, you need to encode it at a lower bitrate.

Or, is the entire video running at a slower rate? (Somewhat like slow motion, with the audio also distorted?)

[pchan]

When you did your capture using Ulead, I think there is an option that you can set your capture to either compressed or uncompressed capture. It's advisable that you set your capture to pressed with a proper codec installed.

[xinjingqiao]

Thanks! Yes, the entire video is running a little too slow. It is not very noticeable when people are talking but there are several instances when people are singing and it becomes noticeable, just slightly distorted. A bit like slow motion but only slightly noticeable. It is as though you videotaped people from California and they came out speaking as slow as people from Georgia

T