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| Thread ID: 90201 | 2008-05-26 09:14:00 | Pinnacle Sudio 8 | Roscoe (6288) | Press F1 |
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| 672725 | 2008-06-09 05:51:00 | Thanks, chaps, for all your suggestions. After becoming terribly peed off with the whole thing, I put it aside for a while. When I came back to it, I started a new file and edited that. No problems. Everything was going fine for a while, then that one, too, died. I had a couple of other files that I had made from the same original footage and they seemed to work ok. After playing around for a while I think that I have found why it loses the sound. It seems that it has something to do with the length, in time, of the file - most probably the size of the file as well. The limit appears to be about 48min to 50min long (2.61MB). I don't know the exact time, but it does seem as though I may not be allowed to exceed that time or size. I wonder if it has anything to do with Windows limitations in Vista? When I first started capturing digital video, I was only able to capture about 30mins (I think) at a time. Then it would stop and I would need to start another 30mins. Someone said that was to do with Windows limitation on file size. I was using 98. I sometimes wonder about that. I have an idea it may have been due to the size of the HD as there seemed to be no limit when I increased the size of the HD. It did not seem to matter how much spare room there was on the drive. Anyway, after many naughty words (poos and wees) it seems that I have found the problem. It is a video about a weekend and, ideally, it should be all in one file - one title, but I shall put it on the DVD as three or four. What I have noticed is that if you start playing the first title and let it run, it will move onto the second, third title without intervention. So it should be viewable as one file but made up of more than one. Sound ok? File that one away for future reference. Thanks for your help, gentlemen.:thanks |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 672726 | 2008-06-09 06:33:00 | When I first started capturing digital video, I was only able to capture about 30mins (I think) at a time. Then it would stop and I would need to start another 30mins. Someone said that was to do with Windows limitation on file size. I was using 98. Its probably NTFS / FAT / FAT32 youre talking about Usually you use NTFS which 98 (and previous versions of Windows cant read), for things like video editing, due to the size of video files. If you had done it in 2000 / XP +, and the hdd had been formatted in NTFS, you wouldnt have this prob. This is the limitation (of FAT32) when you use 98. Its not a limitation of Windows (If you use an OS that supports NTFS, and the hdd is formatted in NTFS) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 672727 | 2008-06-09 07:32:00 | The limit appears to be about 48min to 50min long (2.61MB). No way 48 minutes would only be 2.61Mb To capture decent amounts you need to make sure your Hard Drive you capture to is NTFS. All going well in theory with a good size and speed HDD you should be able to capture an entire tape in one go, not 30 minute blocks. Capturing to DV-AVI you are looking at about 213Mb per minute HDD space required. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 672728 | 2008-06-09 09:51:00 | When I bought my first PC, HDs that ran at speeds capable of capturing video were not standard, so the HD was slightly unusual - it was faster than most . Now, I understand, all HDs are that speed . But it would not capture a complete tape . But it would capture video, but just in small pieces . I bow to you superior, Speedy . Thanks for that explanation . Bantu: So far as the size of the file is concerned, one of the files I have is 56min and shows that it is 19,183KB which is 19 . 1Mb I think? But that is not captured avi but an edited video file that Studio 8 has made . Is that different? Seems that it might be . We may have been at cross purposes . Thanks for your contributions, people . I learn something each time I visit these hallowed halls . :thanks |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 672729 | 2008-06-09 10:02:00 | Personally I'd point the finger of blame straight at Pinnacle 8 and try something else. Your PC/software should be capable of handling audio/video files of multiple GB's. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 672730 | 2008-06-09 10:22:00 | Personally I'd point the finger of blame straight at Pinnacle 8 and try something else . Your PC/software should be capable of handling audio/video files of multiple GB's . Roscoe might want to give Adobe Premier CS3 a try . adobe . com/products/premiere/" target="_blank">www . adobe . com No limits at all apart from your imagination and your PC . |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 672731 | 2008-06-09 10:32:00 | I'd imagine the $1300 price tag is a limit itself..... But if its not a factor, You should buy it and give it to him. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 672732 | 2008-06-09 10:41:00 | It would be a limiting factor at this end being that I don't have anyone who would buy it for me. Although it would be ideal in a commercial set up. I'm just happy to stick with iMovie06. | vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 672733 | 2008-06-09 19:47:00 | Pinnacle Studio 8 should do the job alright, it is good software. Windows 98 and Fat32 is not a good combination for DV. Use XP and NTFS partitions for better size as DV capture chews up the HDD space. Once Studio had made a movie of it to MPEG2 ready for your DVD then it is of course much smaller. I think from memory about a 7Gb AVI once compressed to MPEG-2 would shrink down to a DVD. It is a while since I did a FULL DVD though. |
Bantu (52) | ||
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