http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: miniDV - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:23:04 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-74384 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:39:53 +0000 SteveMann 74384@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>As everyone has said, dropped frames is most likely that your PC can't keep up with moving the data from the tape to the hard-disk over the Firewire port.</p> <p>Stop all unnecessary programs.  Capture to a separate hard disk drive so O/S overhead won't interfere with the capture.  Use a 7200 RPM hard disk drive.  Finally, when I was capturing DV (I am 100% tapeless now), I used Scenalyzer to capture my footage.  It's very light on system resources and all it does is capture DV.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-74147 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:44:04 +0000 Jim Barrett 74147@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> When uploading tapes always use the AC adapter with the camcorder. A weak battery can cause problems.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-73878 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:08:54 +0000 Joseph Dellwo 73878@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm not sure what system setup you have but depending on its age you may want to consider an upgrade.  </p> <p>I've got a Toshiba laptop running Win7 on a core i3 with 4gb of memory.  I edit with Premiere Elements doing AVCHD and recently did a DV project.  The i3 is pretty maxed out with the AVCHD and I couldn't recommend it to anyone unless they were on a super tight budget - however - if all you do is DV then it should be a piece of cake for an i3.  My DV project was smooth and fast with no hiccups even though I downloaded the video to an external HD using usb.2 and edited it from there.</p> <p>I like Toshiba because my old Toshiba winXP is still alive and kicking while my wife is on the verge of needing a third laptop since I purchased mine.  She's finally agreed to get a Toshiba.  And Toshibas have awesome speakers (for a laptop, at least.)</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-73867 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:18:54 +0000 Jons smith2 73867@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>dropped frames:-  </p> <p>Dropped frames are frames that are unintentionally skipped during<br /> playback or output, either because the hard disk cannot keep up with the<br /> video data rate or because the computer processor cannot perform all of<br /> the applied effects in time. Some real-time playback modes allow<br /> dropped frames, while others require rendering to avoid dropped frames.</p> <p>Dropped frames during editing are usually tolerable. However, during<br /> capture and output, dropped frames are almost always unacceptable.<br /> Dropped frames during playback are almost always caused by a hardware<br /> setup issue. When properly configured, Final Cut Pro should not drop<br /> frames.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/confused-ini-dv-to-dvd-issues#post-73159 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:48:29 +0000 karimba45 73159@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all</p> <p>All my drives are NTFS, but am going stright from Camcorder - Panasonic NV-DS11B</p> <p>After about 20 mins it says dvd finished, but theres another 50 mins left.</p> <p>I dont want to keep chucking dvd's at thsi!!!</p> <p>As I said it didnt happen with my samsung VPD381/XEU although i had bad pixelation which redered the results useless!</p> <p>Any help greatfully received</p> <p>Andy</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/confused-ini-dv-to-dvd-issues#post-73140 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:21:17 +0000 karimba45 73140@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi there</p> <p>thanks for your reply. impretty sure its NTFS, but will check and post here with more information!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/confused-ini-dv-to-dvd-issues#post-73077 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:31:54 +0000 PMorton 73077@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;The experts here would need more information about the software and settings you are using to give you any answers about the quality issues.</p> <p>The 20 minute limit sounds like you may be using a computer with the hard drive formatted in FAT32, which has a file size limit of 4GB.&nbsp; This equates to 18 minutes of DV video.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/confused-ini-dv-to-dvd-issues#post-73063 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:26:30 +0000 karimba45 73063@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I had a JVC mini dv camcorder. been taking video of my kids for years. Started to download to DVD and noticed issues with quality.</p> <p>I bought a second hand samsung to download with. am now getting pixelation on the right hand side.</p> <p>Borrowed a canon camcorder from a friend and although it can playback really well but whilst downloading my computer ejects the dvd after about 20 minutes. What ami doing wrong?</p> <p>Ive tried a cleaning tape on the samsung, no use.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-tapes#post-72813 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:15:43 +0000 EarlC 72813@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I bite the bullet and like Jack, clean the unit whenever I have to access other client tape brands in my production. It's a tradeoff but I'd rather deal with a bit of over-cleaning rather than deal with some serious toe jam that would otherwise result, and expensive repairs.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-tapes#post-72805 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:57:33 +0000 MProductions 72805@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Darn...so I have about 10 yrs. worth of footage that I've been hoarding, do you think I should toss all the tapes at this point? I would hate to do an annual camera cleaning and mess it up again.</p> <p>Thanks guys!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-tapes#post-72791 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:04:51 +0000 EarlC 72791@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Short answer: IMHO, nothing you do can salvage that bad tape, even purchasing a MiniDV playback system. You'd likely experience the same issues.</p> <p>After experiencing this first hand early on in my video production career, with devastating results financially and professionally, I also stayed with one brand, using SONY Premium tapes in Canon cameras, and have since experienced the same overall performance satisfaction as Jack.</p> <p>During the time of my initial experience with the consequences of mixing brands ... in my case going from SONY to Panasonic, to TDK, to some other brand I cannot remember, under extreme duress I purchased a SONY DSR-11 playback deck. It helped some, in some instances, but was unable to resurrect the tapes that mattered, to the degree that I could satisfactorily salvage a major production.</p> <p>I also had attempted to playback the tapes in the units in which they were recorded as well as other units I had around the editing suite ... to no avail. Lesson learned the hard way on many levels. Since remaining with a single quality brand after expensive transport and head replacement in my Canon XL series units I've not experienced that situation to that degree.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-tapes#post-72789 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:13:41 +0000 jackwolcott 72789@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It is important that you stick with the same brand of tape, irrespective of the camera and brand. Start with Sony, stick with Sony.</p> <p>It is my understanding that there are two different methods of lubricating the surface of video tape: "wet" and "dry." To the touch there is no discernible difference but either deposits material on the record and playback heads of your camera and tape playback device. Mix the two types together and you get a thin coating of "gunk" that eventually causes a head-jam or similar transport problem.</p> <p>Since we have clients bringing in a variety of tapes to our business we have to use head-cleaner on our playback decks nearly every week. However, in our cameras we have used the same brand of tapes -- Panasonic tapes in Sony cameras -- for more than eight years, with only annual cleaning.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-tapes#post-72787 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:30:03 +0000 MProductions 72787@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a canon GL1. I hear that if you use different brands of miniDV tapes, that it messes w/the playback heads, which can cause problems on the tapes, i.e., blocks, large pixels, skipping, etc...</p> <p>I recently filmed a wedding and used a different brand of tape. On the 3rd tape, the blockiness appears and the footage is unusable. I tried to play the tape back on 3 other cameras.</p> <p>If I purchased a miniDV playback system, would I have the same issues? Not sure if they even make those anymore.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71560 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:35:52 +0000 pesi 71560@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> The Canopus ADVC-55 takes Composite / S-Video in and outputs to DV (Firewire). I've used it and it works just fine...</p> <p>&lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;Pesi Unwalla<br /> &lt;p style="padding-left: 30px;"&gt;<a href="http://www.webcastlive.mediastreams.ca" title="Live Event Videocasting to reach a wider audience">WebcastLive.Mediastreams.ca</a> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71395 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:44:11 +0000 Kenkyusha 71395@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>&nbsp;Just to add to what Composite1 said, depending on your OS, finding drivers that allow full control might take some doing- Windows 7 seems to be problematic for&nbsp;folks (though not for my desktop, it worked on&nbsp;perfectly on day&nbsp;one)&nbsp;so you may want to&nbsp;look&nbsp;for 'legacy drivers'.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71387 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:23:20 +0000 composite1 71387@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Dean,</p> <p>Unless you are horrifically clumsy or have no mechanical gene whatsoever, installing an expansion card is fairly easy. Just make sure you match up the number of PCI pins in the slot on your MoBo with the card you're looking to get. Stick with firewire only cards as having a USB/Firewire combo card defeats the whole purpose of getting a firewire controller card. Make sure your card is compatible with 32 or 64-bit operating systems or at least has the latest drivers to be downloaded that will make it so. Here's a spot where you can get a controller card without going broke:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?atclk=Supports_Firewire&amp;ci=13357&amp;N=4289361227+4289361296">BH Photo-Video Firewire PCI controller cards</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71378 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:06:35 +0000 Dean 71378@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks everyone.</p> <p>I did some more research on the web and re-looked at my desktop and I think I may have a PCI Express slot availableafter all.  I didn't originally recognize it as such.  I'm only familiar with the old full sized slots.  Anyway, it looks like a Firewire card that uses the PCI Express slot is a valid product.  </p> <p>Anybody have experience with the PCI Express cards?  Anything I should look out for?</p> <p>Thanks again for the advice.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71376 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:28:55 +0000 Wayne 71376@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Check out the Pinnacle Studio Moviebox Plus USB.  It has firewire, composite, s-video and L&amp;R audio inputs on one side and USB, composite, s-video, and audio outputs on the other side.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71375 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:50:53 +0000 pseudosafari 71375@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If your new computer is a desktop, you might be able to plug a card reader type device directly into your motherboard.  There are plenty of those with firewire.  They don't use a PCI slot or connect directly to USB, although they often provide extra USB ports, too.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71371 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:42:17 +0000 EarlC 71371@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>YES, there ARE firewire to/from usb connectors, converters, adapters ... whatever a person wants to call them, there's a cable that will allow connectivity between one and the other. That being said ...</p> <p>There will probably be some potential for information degradation (not image, per se, as it is a digital thing and not analog we're talking about) and most definitely, unless you're going from firewire to usb3, well probably most definitely, a slower connection and that might have some negative effect on your editing efforts.</p> <p>Even Walmart has a multi-adapter cable made by Sima that allows for interconnecting between firewire and usb, for less than $25. Amazon.com advertises usb firewire adapters and shows a usb 2.0 to ieee 1394 4-pin extension cable, as well as some other multi-connection options if you search.</p> <p>Question is, how well does any of these work? That, my friend, I cannot say as I've not attempted this, nor do I have any friends in the video business who can vouch for them. Other places to check might be B&amp;H Photo Video and MarkerTek.</p> <p>Maybe somebody with some serious engineering knowledge in this area will come on and give some real and informed input.</p> <p>Finally, <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-firewire-to-usb-adapter.htm">wiseGEEK dot com</a> says the two bus technologies are "not integrated" and that it's not possible to connect one to the other "directly". Then the writer goes on to say "A Firewire® to USB adapter cable for transferring digital video (DV) IS available from at least one manufacturer, but it can be expensive and difficult to find."</p> <p>So, what kind of answer is that: You can't do it, and here's how you can do it?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71370 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:40:58 +0000 shilohman 71370@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Correction, that should have read "Canopus ADVC 110 not 100.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71369 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:13:49 +0000 shilohman 71369@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There is no such thing as a firewire to usb or usb to firewire converter. You may see advertised as such but these are misleading.</p> <p>You can find digital/analog converts like the Canopus ADVC100 which can take your firewire output from your camera and convert it to analog.</p> <p>If you go analog from your camera to computer, then your video quality is dependent on how good your camera's video hardware is.  If you go firewire to a digital/analog converter, then your video quality should be fine.</p> <ul> </ul> <p>Just my two cents, hope this helps</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/no-firewire-port-on-computer#post-71368 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:33:01 +0000 Dean 71368@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have a Sony TRV27 camcorder that uses a IEEE1394 Firewire connection to transfer my video tapes to the computer.  Unfortunately my new computer does not have a Firewire port to connect to.  It also does not have a spare PCI slot to add a Firewire card.  I'm using Windows 7 and using Pinnacle video software.</p> <p>Is there any way to download my videos to this new computer?  Is there a Firewire to USB adapter available?  If available, will it work?</p> <p>If I'm forced to use an anolog connection, will I loose video quality?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70766 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:38:16 +0000 Ian James Smith 70766@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>An afterthought:</p> <p> Jarrod, is your computer correctly set-up. I do not run to quad, (or even dual) core myself, but it is a pretty basic computer which won't handle DV in 720 x 480 (or as it is for us in the antipodes, being Pal-based, 720 x 576). I am using Hi-Def in a 'hybrid' configuration, eg 1920 x 1080 scaled down to 1280 x 720, and standard-definition up-scaled to the same format, the 'standard' being de-interlaced to 'progressive' scan. That way, I am able to see a long-term project though to fruition, put off the purchase of a more 'grunty' computer, and enjoy the best of both worlds, although some 'standard' footage performs better on up-scaling than others, and I am under no illusion that my standard definition is, in an way, 'Hi-Def'. I mentioned the setting-up of multi core computers, because dual and quad-cores are notorious for being incorrectly configured, and many users, world-wide have shelled out for what they anticipated would be greatly improved performance, only to find that there was no improvement due to only one core being available at the one time instead of sharing the work around. (In which case, as you can imagine, they might well have saved themselves the expense).  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70765 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:24:50 +0000 Ian James Smith 70765@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>'Earl' and almost everyone else have given you good information. Dropped frames are not normally an indication of faulty footage, they are simply an inability of your computer to keep-up with an incoming stream of 'capture' material. There may, in fact, be a brief period at the beginning of each 'capture' when your computer gives an illusion of 'keeping-up', but that is usually confined to the time taken for a buffer to fill to capacity, the buffer being needed to even-out the flow of incoming material and match the input to the output. Another correspondent mentioned using tapes only once. I have found it perfectly OK to use mine several times, retiring them to less onerous duties after between four and half-a-dozen uses. There used to be a theory, that if your tape-driven mechanism suffered from head-clogging, or similar problems, that might have been put down to a small amount of oxide shed by brand-new tapes, which was unlikely to be a problem with re-use. Some people used to run brand new tapes right through, end-to-end with the lens blacked-off to establish a reliable time-coding basis for critical applications.</p> <p>Ian Smith (Dunedin, New Zealand)                                                                                                   </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70570 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:54:25 +0000 Jarrod Campbell 70570@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks Earl for help!!!! I guess I will just have to deal with the fact that I have a PC that is too slow for the video editing stuff.... I will now put my resourses into a newer more powerful PC!!!!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70551 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:27:37 +0000 EarlC 70551@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It IS possible that upping the RAM would help, and in all probability your laptop hard drive is 5400 RPM rather than the recommended 7200 or faster for video work. I would be concerned, however, that the age of your laptop and its operating system, as well as possibly undernourished CPU, even the graphics card/video card, might simply be too little to offer even though it shouldn't be too much to ask.</p> <p>I hesitate to suggest that ONLY a desktop system would suffice because there's powerful enough (albeit expensive) laptops available, and even the latest iteration of iMac with the OPTIONAL faster CPU and 27" screen, 2 TB option and maxed RAM is a powerhouse for using iMovie and/or FCP, and/or FCPX (that last is shear speculation because I'm only reading and listening to others who have jumped onboard, and not experienced the new Lion OS or FCPX myself) ... I'm  a wait awhile kind of fella.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70545 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:19:34 +0000 Jarrod Campbell 70545@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>thanks earl,</p> <p>at this time I am not using full HD but DV which is 720X480 resolution.... I do have a dual core processor but I guess this isn't enough.... what would be a system that could render video and not crash the computer??? is it better to do all of this on a desktop rather than a laptop???? could this be what is holding me back??? and finally my system is upgradable to 8GB ram, is this what I really need.........? PS: I don't do any fancy things on the computer, just capture, and export to a .M4P file..... no fades or anything like that since I am just getting into the video thing, I don't know how to do these things!!!! any other advice you could give would be great!!!!!!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70543 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:11:59 +0000 EarlC 70543@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>After reading some of your other posts Jarrod I am convinced that you simply do not have a system that is up to the task of processing the material you want to capture, or play it back or keep it clean, smooth and intact. It's the processing power (lack thereof) and if you DID set your software to stop recording in the event of a dropped frame, it'd stop recording. ONLY an adequate processor and system is going to make it all better, regardless of your budgeting difficulties ... that's what it is.</p> <p>Perhaps sticking with standard def, 4:3 and using cuts only, maybe dissolves and no other fancy editing efforts, will allow your system to accommodate the project.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dropped-frames#post-70533 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:30:11 +0000 Jarrod Campbell 70533@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>thanks!!!!</p>