Dropped Frames

[Guest]

I've got a Dell 2.3 Ghz with 512MB ram and a 40 GB defragmented HD, I'm trying to send a edited movie back to my camcorder but the movie is really shakey like there are alot of dropped frames or something. I can save the movie as an avi. and it plays on the computer fine. So then I tried burning the file to a cd and it was shakey. Then I tried other programs to export to camcorder but all are shakey, and I've tried saving movies to camcorder on a mac and it works. So it must mean that my camcorder is ok and its not the programs so it must be the computer i guess but it does fine without saving to an external source. Any suggestions please!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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I've got a Dell 2.3 Ghz with 512MB ram and a 40 GB defragmented HD, I'm

trying to send a edited movie back to my camcorder but the movie is really
shakey like there are alot of dropped frames or something. I can save the
movie as an avi. and it plays on the computer fine. So then I tried burning
the file to a cd and it was shakey. Then I tried other programs to export
to camcorder but all are shakey, and I've tried saving movies to camcorder
on a mac and it works. So it must mean that my camcorder is ok and its not
the programs so it must be the computer i guess but it does fine without
saving to an external source. Any suggestions please!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dave W]

Hi,

How full is your hard drive, and how big is your DV-AVI
file you are trying to record back to your camcorder? If
you have little free space on your HD, your DV-AVI file
may still be quite fragmented, even though you have run
the Defrag tool.

I have a Dell with a 40GB drive as well. I suggest
maintaining 4-5GB free space on your drive at all times
so that you can minimize fragmentation of your large DV-
AVI files. If your DV-AVI file is very fragmented, it
will record to your Camcorder with rapid "skips" or
a "stuttering" video appearance.

Try to free up HD space and rerun the Defrag tool. Then
try to record to your camcorder again.

Hope this is helpful.

Best Regards,
Dave

-----Original Message-----
I've got a Dell 2.3 Ghz with 512MB ram and a 40 GB

defragmented HD, I'm trying to send a edited movie back
to my camcorder but the movie is really shakey like there
are alot of dropped frames or something. I can save the
movie as an avi. and it plays on the computer fine. So
then I tried burning the file to a cd and it was shakey.
Then I tried other programs to export to camcorder but
all are shakey, and I've tried saving movies to camcorder
on a mac and it works. So it must mean that my camcorder
is ok and its not the programs so it must be the computer
i guess but it does fine without saving to an external
source. Any suggestions please!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[John Kelly]

Hello there,

If you have not done so, save the AVI file to your hard drive first and
then use a program called WinDV (available from the links on my site) WinDV
has only two functions 1) Retrieve DV-AVI quality video from a DV camera and
2) put DV-AVI video onto the camera.

If you still get the problem, and because you have already eliminated
the camera, then it seems clear that your XP machine has a bottle neck. The
bottleneck could by your hard drive, but I doubt it. The rate of flow along
the firewire cable is much slower than the "read" rate of just about any
correctly configured modern drive. However, its still worth checking out, so
go and look at the tutorial on my site on Hard drives and using that info
confirm that yours is set up properly.

There are of course other causes of such a bottleneck and therefore a
quick look at the FAQ on Movie Maker and speed might be an idea.

Good Luck

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk