Thanks much to all who answered, on list and off. Thanks for the good
suggestions. /rich
On 7/23/07, Kwiatkowski, Nicholas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> *From:* Elaine Montoya - AUG - General
> *Sent:* Monday, July 23, 2007 11:20 AM
> *To:* Kwiatkowski, Nicholas
> *Subject:* RE: Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 - AUG - General - Adobe User Group
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> *Elaine Montoya* wrote:
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> There are a lot of variables - but in general, capturing does require
> processing power - and more so - memory.
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> Here are some thoughts....
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> - how much ram is on the machine? that is actually more important
> with video than processor speed
> - when doing video work, I would never think of doing another task on
> the computer while capturing video. If you loose frames in the
> process, and your setting are set to stop capture on lost frames, it
> will stop capturing - which sounds exactly like what Richard is
> experiencing. If you changes your settings to not stop capturing on
> dropped frames, you will have poor video
> - for the screen saver to come on, it also leads me to believe that
> he is trying to capture large segments at a time. While this is
> possible, it actually isn't 'standard procedure' when you are
> editing. You will usually view your dailies through a deck, document
> the time codes of the takes you want to capture, then go back and
> capture only those segments. I do know many people when starting in
> video tend to think it is easier to just capture everything - and
> then cut out what you don't need, but in the long run, it is more
> time consuming. (p.s. - turn your screen saver off...)
> - when editing professionally, companies will purchase a dedicated
> workstation to ONLY run Premiere Pro (or Final Cut Pro) on - to make
> sure nothing else interferes with the performance of the video
> editing software.
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> So, no - I wouldn't say video capture on Windows is 'still that
> brittle' - the same would most likely be experienced on a Mac as
> well. It is the technique behind capturing video that usually causes
> problems.
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> elaine
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> elaine montoya
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> On Jul 23, 2007, at 7:46 AM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski - AUG - General wrote:
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> > Nicholas Kwiatkowski wrote:
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> > I was wondering if anybody who has had a chance to play with
> > Premiere CS3 yet could give some insite into this...
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> > -Nick Kwiatkowski
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> > Richard Wiggins [[log in to unmask]] said....
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> > This weekend I've experimented a bit with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.
> > It doesn't seem very robust during the capture phase. If I simply
> > switch to another window, it halts the capture. This is on a 2
> > gigahertz Core Duo computer.
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> > I even tried goosing the priority for Premiere in Task Manager to
> > Realtime.
> > Same effect: dare to leave the Premiere window, and I will halt
> > capture.
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> > It also stopped capturing when my screen saver kicked in at 10
> > minutes.
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> > It's been a few years since I've fiddled with digital video. I
> > would've thought by now you could nav to another window and surf
> > the Web. Is video capture on Windows really still that brittle?
> > Or is this Premiere wanting all the cycles?
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> > /rich
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