capturing dv without losing frames

[peter_g]

Hey all,
I'm trying to capture DV video off my sony dcr-trv 240e camcorder from within Adobe premiere. I get video that has alot of dropped frames. When I capture using ulead videostudio I get no dropped frames at what appears to be the same quality. I have a theory that Ulead is using some driver or codec that is superior to that of Premiere. So If I some how get premiere to use the codec that ulead uses I think I could capture without dropped frames. (This is just a theory.I could be wrong). Can anyone offer any suggestions?
thanks

[cash]

can you not capture in ulead, then open the files in prem and edit them then. Then rendure the finished film in adobe as a DV file and reopen that in ulead to export back to your camera

[the big lebowski]

Are you on a PC?

What version of Windows are you using. We had the same problem with premiere. We up graded to Win2000 and everything was resolved.

The Dude

[peter_g]

I'm on a pc using Windows ME. looks like I'm gonna have to take cash's advice unless someone else can come up with something. I use to use windows 2000 but I did'nt like it so I got rid of it.

[Mods]

Get a decent PC! i.e. 2ghz, 80gig hard drive etc.

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m0ds

[Xendar]

Hi Peter,

First of all, it's not going to be very easy for anyone to make any real suggestions without knowing your setup. Please list your full system specifications, it should then be easier to diagnose your problem. However, I will make some general suggestions...

1) How many hard drives have you got? Ideally you need to capture to a second hard drive. This is because if you capture to your boot drive (the one with Windows on) you may see dropped frames. This is because Windows is constantly reading and writing information to and from the drive it is on. If you have 1 hard drive getting a second for capturing to may help.

2) Windows ME is rubbish. Get rid of it. Windows 2000 and XP are far far superior in terms of operation and stability. Plus Windows 2000 & XP use the NTFS filesystem as opposed to Windows 9x and MEs FAT32 file system. This means that you can only capture 9 minutes of footage in one go with a FAT32 file system as there is a 2GB file size limitation.

3) What are you using as your capture device? It sounds like you're using a firewire card for capture. Whether it is a capture card or standard firewire card always make sure you are selecting the correct preset. It it's a firewire card you need to select the PAL 720 x 576 48KHz setting.

4) What version of Premiere are you using? If it's 6.0 then there are some updates (v6.01 & v.6.02) that might fix your problem.

5) Is there any other software running in the background? Make sure there is no other software running in the background when using Premiere. If there is these will be taking up system resources and may be a cause of the problem. Disable any virus killers or firewalls as these can slow the system down too. Also, unplug any scanners or printers that may be attached whilst editing.

Hope this helps.