Distorted footage from HMC 150 at DVinfo.net

Jeff Harper · May 24th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Some of my footage from the 150 has a plaid-like distortion, and other sections has just a solid color, no images.

Steve Wolla · May 25th, 2009, 12:57 AM

Never seen anything like that before--can you post a sample? What were you shooting, what conditions?

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 05:47 AM

Disregard post

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 07:11 AM

Here are some screenshots taken from the preview window in Vegas of the HMC 150 footage. Footage is from a wedding, indoors. On the timeline when playing the phenomenon appears as dropouts. Some sections are jerky and very weird and things jump.

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 07:51 AM

I downloaded the footage a second time....it is the same.

Update: I played it back on-camera and it appears fine.

I downloaded the footage via usb cable, and the same thing is happening. The footage on some clips jumps: People in the scene who are walking appear to take a step backwards and then move on very jerky, but only on some clips. The "dropped frames" appear only here and there, but it's pretty bad.

I am running a i7 processor on a very stable PC.

Ulf Laursen · May 25th, 2009, 08:53 AM

Hi

Have you tried to view it somewhere else than Vegas 9, that I guess is the NLE you use?

How about the Panasonic AVCCAM viewer, have you tried that?

/Ulf

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 09:16 AM

No Ulf, I haven't tried that.

I am onto something though, and I will report back. I think I have found the problem.

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 11:42 AM

Clips view fine in the viewer. This issue is Vegas related I think. The clips render out fine also. I need to install my old version of Vegas and try that.

D.R. Gates · May 25th, 2009, 01:51 PM

Are these the raw mts files you're opening in Vegas? They can always look a bit strange when I do that, so I have to transcode them with Neo Scene. The resulting avi's look fine.

Jeff Harper · May 25th, 2009, 07:58 PM

D.R., it turned out it is Vegas 9 issue.

I installed Vegas 8 and the files playback properly much better now.

Thanks to everyone for your input.

May 24th, 2009, 04:29 PM	#1
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Distorted footage from HMC 150 Some of my footage from the 150 has a plaid-like distortion, and other sections has just a solid color, no images.

May 25th, 2009, 05:47 AM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Disregard post Last edited by Jeff Harper; May 25th, 2009 at 07:12 AM.

May 25th, 2009, 07:11 AM	#4
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Images from HMC150 footage Here are some screenshots taken from the preview window in Vegas of the HMC 150 footage. Footage is from a wedding, indoors. On the timeline when playing the phenomenon appears as dropouts. Some sections are jerky and very weird and things jump. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Jeff Harper; May 25th, 2009 at 07:52 AM.

May 25th, 2009, 07:51 AM	#5
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	I downloaded the footage a second time....it is the same. Update: I played it back on-camera and it appears fine. I downloaded the footage via usb cable, and the same thing is happening. The footage on some clips jumps: People in the scene who are walking appear to take a step backwards and then move on very jerky, but only on some clips. The "dropped frames" appear only here and there, but it's pretty bad. I am running a i7 processor on a very stable PC. Last edited by Jeff Harper; May 25th, 2009 at 08:21 AM.

May 25th, 2009, 07:58 PM	#10
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	D.R., it turned out it is Vegas 9 issue. I installed Vegas 8 and the files playback properly much better now. Thanks to everyone for your input. Last edited by Jeff Harper; May 26th, 2009 at 12:06 AM.

May 25th, 2009, 12:57 AM	#2
Steve Wolla Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 477	Never seen anything like that before--can you post a sample? What were you shooting, what conditions?

May 25th, 2009, 08:53 AM	#6
Ulf Laursen Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 29	Hi Have you tried to view it somewhere else than Vegas 9, that I guess is the NLE you use? How about the Panasonic AVCCAM viewer, have you tried that? /Ulf

May 25th, 2009, 09:16 AM	#7
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	No Ulf, I haven't tried that. I am onto something though, and I will report back. I think I have found the problem.

May 25th, 2009, 11:42 AM	#8
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Clips view fine in the viewer. This issue is Vegas related I think. The clips render out fine also. I need to install my old version of Vegas and try that.

May 25th, 2009, 01:51 PM	#9
D.R. Gates Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 111	Are these the raw mts files you're opening in Vegas? They can always look a bit strange when I do that, so I have to transcode them with Neo Scene. The resulting avi's look fine.