Mark Donnell |
May 26th, 2006 11:05 AM |
Dropped frames are almost always a computer problem. I have found several useful things to try. For me, I always run a free program called "EndItAll" before capturing video from any camera. This program turns off all unnecessary background programs which are running on your PC and makes it less likely that your processor will be busy while you are trying to capture video. I use the Sony Vegas editting program, so I turn on the computer, run "EndItAll", then open Vegas and capture the video. Also, make sure that "Scheduled Tasks" on your computer are disabled, so the processor won't suddenly go off and do something else. Finally, in Vegas, making the video monitor window smaller will greatly reduce the amount of processor resources that are being used. I watch the video on the camera LCD and make capture decisions from that with only a small monitor window on the computer screen. You can find "EndItAll" by Googling that name. Hope this is helpful.
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