Slow playbackof Sony DV video...

[sigol]

Hi,

I have a weird problem that I cannot figure out...

I have a DV video which I recorded using a Sony DCR-PC110E (PAL) camera.

I used Firewire and Windows Movie Maker to capture the DV on to my laptop computer.

When I play the resultant .AVI file, everything is fine. However, if I then transfer this file to my desktop computer and play the .AVI file there (just through Windows Media Player), the video plays very slowly (I'd say 60-70% of the speed it should do).

Both computers are high-spec:

Laptop 3.2 GHz HT Dell Inspiron 9100, 2GB RAM
Desktop 3.4 GHz HT Dell Dimension, 3 GB RAM (Dual Display).

My Windows Update is totally up-to-date with latest DirectX, etc.

Can anybody please help me?

Thanks in advance,

Sigol.

[flaninacupboard]

try playing the DV file in virtualdub. try a differenet DV codec, like canopus or mainconcept. does your CPU usage hit near 100% when playing (do ctrl+alt+delete and look in the performance tab)
did you capture in type one or type two?

[sigol]

Hi flaninacupboard

Thanks for your help!

If I play the file in VirtualDub it plays at normal speed. However, it comes up with an error message first:

"AVI: Type-1 DV file detected - VirtualDub cannot extract audio from this type of interleaved stream"

However, I can see the video play at what appears to be normal speed (although it would be nice to hear the audio to confirm this).

I am running Windows XP Pro with Media Player 9.00.00.3128. VirtualDub is v. 1.5.10. MainConcept DV Codec is v. 2.4.4.

CPU never goes over 6%. Don't know anything about type 1 or type 2. I used Windows Movie Maker to capture.

Can you help me some more?

Thanks in advance,

Sigol.

[flaninacupboard]

yes. don't use windows movie maker to capture the DV. capture it using DVapp and select graph mode - "DV to file (Type 2)"

After it's captured you can edit it in movie maker or in virtual dub, and should be able to play it without any problems.

[sigol]

Hey thanks for the advice! I will try it tonight!

Regards,

Sigol