Capture errors using s-video cable

[jjbodean1970]

I am using the ADVC-50 capture card and WinDV. I have captured countless times from my vcr using a 3-rca setup, however now i am attempting a capture using the 2-rca for audio and an s-video cable from my cable DVR box. after about and hour and a half of error-free capture, i begin to get video interference on my avi. the picture on the winDV looks fine, but the video has the interference on playback.

thoughts? i am at a loss...

[zoobie]

seems the same thing happened to me
winDV seemed to build-up interference and suddenly decide to drop frames
I switched to DVIO (freeware in the tools dept) and was able to finish capping
make sure you clear cache, defrag, and turn off all background aps before capping

[InXess]

I'd check a different s-video cable as well...

[edDV]

I've never seen a cable suddenly go bad. Sometimes the connectors are scratchy. Other issues that produce that effect.

- Disk is getting full and/or is highly fragmented.
- Other application kicks in like virus scan.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Use Task Manager to see if WinDV has any memory leaks....

[jjbodean1970]

could i possibly be getting errors since i am capturing hd signals from my comcast dvr box? have they "protected" that signal somehow?