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Dropped frames and "green hangs"
At first I thought it was a bad source VHS tape.
Now I'm attempting capture from a Hi8 Sony Camcorder. Pristine source. I'm still getting mega frame drops and after less than a minute (sometimes 60 frames or less) the picture hangs but the audio continues.
I started calling the effect a "green hang" because when it first cropped up the screen would turn a shade of green but the audio would continue. No more frames captured.
What could cause this?
With my last project I kinda tip-toed around this by capturing 1:20 of video at a time and then editing all the clips back together in Premiere. Luckily the film was a short indie film at 9 minutes.
I'm capturing with VirtualDub 1.3a. I've got a P3-500 @ 500, 256mb PC100 RAM, onboard Adaptec controller, and my capture HD is a 4.5gb SCSI-3 Seagate Hawk. Win2000 and a Marvel G400-TV.
Lemme guess... beta drivers. I sure hope that at the end of next month when the "real" drivers come out for Win2000 that all my video problems magically evaporate.
Now I'm attempting capture from a Hi8 Sony Camcorder. Pristine source. I'm still getting mega frame drops and after less than a minute (sometimes 60 frames or less) the picture hangs but the audio continues.
I started calling the effect a "green hang" because when it first cropped up the screen would turn a shade of green but the audio would continue. No more frames captured.
What could cause this?
With my last project I kinda tip-toed around this by capturing 1:20 of video at a time and then editing all the clips back together in Premiere. Luckily the film was a short indie film at 9 minutes.
I'm capturing with VirtualDub 1.3a. I've got a P3-500 @ 500, 256mb PC100 RAM, onboard Adaptec controller, and my capture HD is a 4.5gb SCSI-3 Seagate Hawk. Win2000 and a Marvel G400-TV.
Lemme guess... beta drivers. I sure hope that at the end of next month when the "real" drivers come out for Win2000 that all my video problems magically evaporate.