My new Canon Gl2 drops A Lot of frames at DVinfo.net

King Payam · April 28th, 2005, 06:45 PM

Hi. I just purchased a new canon gl2 and when i try to capture the video to my hardrive i drop about 2 out of 4 frames. This has never happened with any of my other sony cameras. I was wondering if there is something i don't know about this camera that is causing this. Quick help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Payam

Richard Alvarez · April 28th, 2005, 07:18 PM

Need more information. What are you capturing with? What NLE? A breakout box? Normally, it's not the camera that 'drops frames' its the capturing device.

King Payam · April 28th, 2005, 07:45 PM

I'm using vegas 5 to capture the video. Its strange, because my sony vx2100 captures without dropping any frames, but the gl2 drops them which is why i was confused. The capture card seems to be working fine with other cameras.

Rob Lohman · April 30th, 2005, 04:49 AM

And which/what capture card would this be? The problem is not with your
camera, but with your computer (hardware or software) or your firewire cable.

Make sure your harddisks have DMA mode enabled in Windows and aren't
on the same cable with some other device (like a CD/DVD drive/burner).

April 28th, 2005, 06:45 PM	#1
King Payam Tourist Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	My new Canon Gl2 drops A Lot of frames Hi. I just purchased a new canon gl2 and when i try to capture the video to my hardrive i drop about 2 out of 4 frames. This has never happened with any of my other sony cameras. I was wondering if there is something i don't know about this camera that is causing this. Quick help would be appreciated. Thanks, Payam

April 30th, 2005, 04:49 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	And which/what capture card would this be? The problem is not with your camera, but with your computer (hardware or software) or your firewire cable. Make sure your harddisks have DMA mode enabled in Windows and aren't on the same cable with some other device (like a CD/DVD drive/burner). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 28th, 2005, 07:18 PM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Need more information. What are you capturing with? What NLE? A breakout box? Normally, it's not the camera that 'drops frames' its the capturing device.

April 28th, 2005, 07:45 PM	#3
King Payam Tourist Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2	I'm using vegas 5 to capture the video. Its strange, because my sony vx2100 captures without dropping any frames, but the gl2 drops them which is why i was confused. The capture card seems to be working fine with other cameras.