Finding Dropped Frames...

Rick Meyer

Rick Meyer

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Hey guys(and gals)-

I recently captured about an hour of footage and there were a couple of dropped frames. I do not intend to edit this. I plan to just put the footage on a DVD and be done with it. However, I would like to cut out the dropped frames. With Premiere Pro 1.5, is there a way to locate the dropped frame area without having to sit through the entire clip of footage?

Thanks!
Rick
 
Back before I bought my new editing PC, I used to get dropped frames when I captured...all the time. I spent so much time finding those dropped frames, but recapturing wasn't an option, because it was CPU related. the easiest way to find them was to expand the view on the audio track, zoom in, and scan through the waveform until you see it drop down like a flat line on a heart monitor. Usually the screen just carried the frames before the drop, so it was hard to notice on the monitor.

Good luck,
Justin
 
Hey Justin thats a good idea thanks.

The reason why I don't want to recapture is because I only know that there are dropped frames on a few 15 minute clips. I broke the footage up in 15 minute increments. But, I only know that some have dropped frames and the other clips, I am not sure because when I came back to my computer, the "dropped frame" information was no longer at the top of the capture window. A smaller window had popped up telling me that this capture was complete. So, on THOSE clips, their may or may not be dropped frames. So, to be sure, I'd have to re-capture EVERYTHING. And, I don't want to do that. This isn't a real job or anything. I filmed someones baby shower and want to put it on DVD for her. Thats it. No edit. I just dont want to spend the time and frankly, I dont have the time.

Thanks for the suggestions though!

Rick
 
Don't know how to zoom in in the Source window.

If your audio levels are loud enough, I'd drop it onto the timeline, expand the audio track (so you can see the peaks) and time-zoom
 
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