Posted by King Benny on 09/27/05 14:45

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:59:25 -0700, "Denzil Hathway" <hathway@cox.net>
wrote:

>
>"Hilton Hyatt" <sheer-kubla-khan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1127752926.6547937942476a7077c01e7ed459985e@bubbanews...
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:11:59 -0700, "Denzil Hathway" <hathway@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Hilton Hyatt" <sheer-kubla-khan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1127747961.ad63e62c1bead7dd6cf03fc08545d649@bubbanews...
>>>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:50:26 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:18:02 -0400, Hilton Hyatt
>>>>><sheer-kubla-khan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>trying to get the audio back in sync with the video in the
>>>>>>captured mpgs.
>>>>>
>>>>>VideoReDo.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.videoredo.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thats what I use. Its still not as easy as they claim. And it wont
>>>> work on AVI files, and for some reason, i get better syncing if i
>>>> record in AVI (altho the time allowed for recording is limited because
>>>> of file size)
>>>>
>>>> the Quickstream fix almost never fixes anything for me in VideoReDo. I
>>>> end up chopping the original capture up into several pieces, and then
>>>> manually adjust the audio sync for each piece, then re-assemble them.
>>>> I find that as my video capture progresses, the audio gets farther and
>>>> farther out of synch, so a single adjustment to audio sync for the
>>>> entire capture, wont work. For example it might be out 25milliseconds
>>>> after 5 minutes but 150milliseconds or even longer after 20 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Its a bit of a chore. Kinda interesting but, all these things are sold
>>>> with the "Its Amazing! DVDs from your VCRs right thru your computer!!"
>>>> then you go online and find there are page after page of forums with
>>>> people bitching about the audio out of sync. LOL
>>>>
>>>> I wonder, does a DVD recorder have these sync issues, or is it a drop
>>>> dead clone of whatever is fed into it?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>A feature of the Canopus-100 analog-DV capture system I used is perfect
>>>preservation of video/audio synchronization. No problem ... and it
>>>removes
>>>copy-protection too. But until Nero came along I had horrendous software
>>>problems ... to the point that I gave up on the computer
>>>
>>>Never had any audio/video synch problems in hundreds of hours of
>>>standalone
>>>DVD recorder transfer.IMHO you MUST get one with a big HDD. Even then you
>>>have limited editing potential though. Denzil
>>>
>>
>>
>> Damn. After asking about on several forums and several stores, not a
>> single person ever mentioned this product. It is more epxensive than
>> what I got, the Pinnacle Studio PCI slot card AV/DV thing.
>>
>> I first got their USB interface thing, which had sync problems, and
>> someone said get the PCI slot card thing, it will make all your dreams
>> come true. I havent noticed a bit fo difference. If this Canopus thing
>> truly works with NO sync problems whatsoever, i cure those who
>> persuaqded me to get Pinnacles PCI card thing. Ha!
>>
>> I've been using Roxio 7 to build my DVDs and have only made one
>> coaster out of several DVDs i have successfuly made. I've found if the
>> mpgs are in sync watching them on the computer, they will be in sync
>> on the DVD. Maybe one had some issues. I wondered if maybe Roxio was
>> part of my problem-equation as well....
>>
>> thanks for the tip about the stand-alone recorder. Can you program one
>> to record a tape, then put it on pause while you change tapes, then
>> continue recording?
>>
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>=======================
>
>In direct answer to your question on pausing to change tapes - the answer is
>yes. With HDD machines such as I have (Panasonic E85 and E100 - replaced by
>more recent models)) you can extensively cut and paste but you are limited
>in building hi-tech titles and menus.
>
>Put Canopus in your Google, there are various levels, my 100 cost about $240
>in a discount house. Another observation, don't to DVD's through USB - too
>slow for quality work. Canopus boxes are not PCI cards, they connect by
>firewire.
>
>My software problems finally resolved using Canopus' Let's Edit and Nero.
>Denzil.
>



thanks, but this info is sadly too late. I'm done with all of it. I
still got camcorder footage of family stuff to do, but, will probly
will just soldier on doing what i was doing before, and we'll keep the
analog tape master. You know what will happen. In ten years, all this
will be obsolete and anything analog-to-digi-mpg will look like crap
on a stick, you'll have to go back to the analog masters and
re-convert them.

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