Re: Movie Maker 2.1 Crashing

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From: Graham Hughes (graham_at_simplydv.co.uk)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:45:52 -0000

In the options menu have a look at the codecs and try turning them off one
at a time and see if that helps.
You are using *.wmv capture then, this is compressed and takes up less room
as it is not as good quality as dv-avi.How long is the movie in MM that you
are trying to capture and does it always crash at a similar time point, ie
after about 10 mins, or is it random, same 5 mins one day and 15 mins the
next?
This is two problems, MM crashing is one and windv choppyness another.
Windv will only capture as a dv-avi, this being better quality takes up more
out of the laptop and it obviously can't cope, and that is why it appears
choppy. Partioning the drive may help, check dma is enabled, a defrag right
before capture is best and one after as well. Laptops also have slower
spinning hard drives which can be a problem. 

-- 
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"yarsmith" <ray.smith@mail.com> wrote in message
news:879345F9-B4F8-46DC-AB54-0996884D74BA@microsoft.com...
> Yeah, when I used to capture through Sony DV Gate, it would take 1 GB for
> about 5 minutes of video.  However, when I'm capturing through Movie
Maker,
> it takes up  much less room.  I used to have a Sony VAIO, which had a
> partioned hard drive.  I now have a new laptop without the partition.  Do
you
> think that there's an issue with using a laptop?
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
> > Video capture takes up loads of space as you have not doubt found out.
10gb
> > is only about 45 mins of dv-avi video.
> > If you are serious about video editing and don't want to have to use the
> > compressed wmv format for capturing, I'd suggest a seperate hdd for
> > capturing to, maybe an external firewire one. As you save to the same
hdd as
> > the O/S, you have the pc trying to read and write at the same time to
the
> > disc, which isn't good when you are trying to input lots of data.
> >
> > -- 
> > Graham Hughes
> > MVP Digital Media
> > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > www.simplydv.com
> >
> >
> > "yarsmith" <ray.smith@mail.com> wrote in message
> > news:AFB6DCA8-F534-4B8D-99F2-BCB62BF607C4@microsoft.com...
> > > I have Pentium Centrino Mobile Processor of 1.6Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB
Hard
> > > Drive, Win XP Home.  I do try to make sure my internet is turned off,
but
> > > that doesn't seem to make a difference.  I haven't tried turning off
my
> > > screensaver or power save modes.  I defrag my hard drive on at least a
> > weekly
> > > basis, and sometimes more frequently.  I've noticed that when I'm
> > capturing
> > > video and it crashes, this tends to really fragment my hard drive.
> > > Everything is on the same drive as well.  I have about 10 GB available
on
> > the
> > > Hard drive right now.  Let me know what else I can do.
> > >
> > > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> > >
> > > > What are the pc specs? Do you have anything else running, like
> > > > internet/anti-virus/firewall/screensaver/poer save modes etc? Turn
all
> > these
> > > > off. Defrag the hdd. Is it the same drive as the O/S drive, if so
either
> > > > partition it or use another hdd. How long are the "long" clips?
making
> > more
> > > > space on the drive and then defragging may help.
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Graham Hughes
> > > > MVP Digital Media
> > > > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > > > www.simplydv.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "yarsmith" <ray.smith@mail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:D40D07BB-267E-4A61-BAE4-2268FAC26EB9@microsoft.com...
> > > > > I should mention that the capture process did work at one point,
but
> > it
> > > > seems
> > > > > to have deteriorated over time.
> > > > >
> > > > > "yarsmith" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not sure if the problem I'm having is related to XP SP 2 or
not
> > > > because I
> > > > > > think it might've been happening before that.  The problem I
have is
> > > > that
> > > > > > Movie Maker hangs and does not respond.  This primarily happens
when
> > I'm
> > > > in
> > > > > > the process of capturing video.  I'm able to capture video if I
do
> > short
> > > > > > clips, but the longer I go into the process, the more of a
chance
> > there
> > > > is
> > > > > > that it will crash.  One way I can tell that it's about to crash
is
> > if
> > > > no
> > > > > > preview is being displayed when I'm playing the video on the
> > camcorder
> > > > (not
> > > > > > capturing).  It has crashed at other times as well, but it
crashes
> > just
> > > > about
> > > > > > every time I try to capture something.  I have a Sony Digital 8
> > > > Camcorder and
> > > > > > I'm capturing through a firewire.  It seems that somehow the
> > camcorder
> > > > and my
> > > > > > computer stop communicating during the process.  However, I've
done
> > a
> > > > test
> > > > > > capture using WinDV, and it seems to work fine.  But, it does
seem
> > to be
> > > > a
> > > > > > little choppy in places when doing the test capture.  Does
anybody
> > have
> > > > any
> > > > > > suggestions on what the problem might be?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Ray Smith
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

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