Capturing Settings

Rick Meyer

Rick Meyer

Veteran
I am attempting to capture on the fly, by not setting In Points and Out Points...I just want to capture the entire tape...approximately 45min-1hour. However, (and this has happened on several tapes) Premiere wont let it capture straight through...after 10 minutes or so...it stops...then I have to retitle it...then start a new capture clip.

Anyone know of any settings that might be affecting this? I want to be able to start capturing the tape, then walk away for an hour and come back to a completed capture...

Thanks in advance...

Rick
 
Not sure why that happens ...maybe timecode breaks.

Beware that capture on the fly may not give you the timecode from the source tape. I have found that I always have to set the first In and the final Out point to ensure T/C is correctly recorded.

Then I usually use scene detect to pick up on the Time Date Stamp - but not always.
 
Are you suggesting I set the In Point as the beginning of the tape and the Out Point at the end of the tape and let her rip?

I don't think I broke timecode while filming. I was extremely careful. I always ALWAYS make sure that if I need to shut the camera off, I rewind a bit into the previous tape recording before I begin re-recording or use the DVXs END SEARCH function every single time...Add to that, the capture stops are fairly regular...like every 10 minutes or so...sometimes a few minutes shorter, sometimes a few minutes longer...so, it is mysterious. But, I will try your method...that is if I got it right...

Thanks for replying...
Rick
 
Anyone else have this problem?.....That while capturing, it stops at random intervals (say, every 5-13 minutes) instead of capturing the entire 60 minutes of footage?
 
I am running PREMIERE PRO and Windows XP. I thought maybe my screen saver was kicking in (it was set to 10minutes) and was interrupting the capture. But, no go. I changed the settings and that didn't work.

My system...it was pretty cutting edge when I built it, but that was more than 3 years ago. However, I think its still plenty strong to do the job...

Intel Pentium 4, 2.6mhz, hyperthread.
100 gig ram and 72wd raptors in a raid
128 Radeon Pro 9800
 
Check to see if the size of the files you are able to capture are approximately the same size. Adobe had a problem, and I think it was with any version prior to PPro1.5 and service pack 1 which had a 2GB [or 4GB] limit.

If you check the size of the files you created and the size is either of these two than chances are that's your problem

Are you using scene detection?
 
I am not using scene detection. But yes, the files are never bigger than 4GB and are usually around 2GB and they are almost always the around the same size...give or take. Is there a downloadable patch or fix for this?

Man, I should just learn to log all of my footage...
Rick

UPDATE: I guess I should have been more clear...I am using SERVICE PACK 2
 
Last edited:
Thanks ChuckS. I just upgraded to 1.5...so, hopefully it is a non-issue for me as well. But, I have yet to capture....
 
Thanks Tucker...Good call...I actually WAS using an external hard drive a couple weeks ago which was formatted to system FAT32. However, even when I cleaned up my internal hard drive and began to capture to my internal, I still had the same problems.

I've since upgraded to PREMIERE 1.5 with Service Pack 2. So, hopefully that will solve the problem. However, I haven't had a need to test it out just yet...I will let you know.

Thanks everybody for their input. The least I could do is relay the fix when I figure out what it is....

Rick
 
Capturing can easily be interrupted by a time code break. Despite what many have claimed, pre striping your tapes will eliminate many, many problems down the line, and likely this is what you are experiencing.
 
Hey everybody- thanks so much for the input. I just wanted you to know that I went ahead and updated my PREMIERE PRO to 1.5 and just re-captured a tape and THANKGOD!!! The entire tape captured!

So, it must have been a Premiere/Service Pack issue. So, thank you again everybody for chiming in....ChuckS...Bluespider....

Khmuse- thanks to you also for your input. I take everything you say very seriously as you are always on the right track.
 
Yes - I always log the In and the Out points (Head and Tail of entire tape). I found that if I did not do this, I did not get the Time code as per source tape.

...of course this is a different issue to you original post but is pertinent to capturing entire tapes on the fly (if you want orginal T/C)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top