Will Adobe Premiere has problem with firewire!

Hi,

I need some expertises down here. :eek:

I would like to do a DV capture using firewire (cheap brand) only through Adobe Premiere. Will there be any problem? I mean dropping frames. Let assume that I have all the best stuffs in my computer except firewire.

If any of you have tried it before or currently have with you, I would appreciate very much of how you did the installation and get Adobe Premiere to recongise the firewire driver.

I hope that someone will give me a positive response......
like "Yes....no dropping frames".

If that is truth, I might consider setting up another video editing computer.

Many thanks for those would try to help.
 
You have know not just the cable, but the IEEE1394 hardware card. Using Adobe Premiere not a problem. U need is the version 6 above. They support Capture DV video.

If your PC is all the best stuffs. I can say it will not have any drop frames. Something to check on the CODEC. When you are going to capture any sources. Must chose the correct DV Codec for capturing video. The format on the setting. Not just pick any 1.

Pass days, compute editing system very hard to get . Buy now is very easy to set up. Need not to get a new PC for just editing. :D ;)

I'm using Pinnacle Studio 8. The capturing is Super, and can be author to VCD, SVCD, DVD Video for DVD set top player playback.
 
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Thank ac3cd.

Are you using a separate harddisk for your A/V or a common harddisk for all purposes?

This will be a great info to start with.
 
I capture dv through the firewire port in my laptop and I have also used the firewire pc card in the pc card slot. Windows should automatically install the firewire drivers. I think Premiere uses the windows dv codec. To see if your firewire capture device has been recognized go to control panel and device manager, check that there is an entry 'Imaging Devices' and under that you will see 'Microsoft dv Camera and vcr'. Premiere should then recognise your camera.
You can also try capturing dv with smaller programs such as Scenalyzer , dvapp, or dvio.

If your hard drive is 7200 you will not have dropped frames. I have a laptop (IBM Thnkpad A30p ) and the hard drive is not as fast but even so it is rare for frames to be dropped. I used the main hard drive to process video but now I use an external firewire 7200 hard drive to capture, process and store video .

I hope this was of some help:)
 
Alan Sim said:
Thank ac3cd.

Are you using a separate harddisk for your A/V or a common harddisk for all purposes?

This will be a great info to start with.
Separate Hard drive will much Better for any Capturing Video and Editing production.:D
 
Yesterday night, I tried it with my PC. It works well with standalone harddisk running at 7200rpm during capturing with Pinnacle Studio 8. The software is very user friendly. But I still preferred to work in Adobe Premiere as it allowed the editor to mess with it.

During playback in Pinnacle Studio 8, it seems that there are some dropping frames. I think that of having the delicated harddisk for A/V is still the ultimate solution.

Thank you guys for trying to help.:)
 
It doesn't really have to be a dedicated hard drive but DV does work better if you are not recording to your system drive. I have a 7200 drive which is also used for games and other data files. As long as you de-frag it on a regular basis you won't have any problems.

Also NTFS rather than Fat32 is really a necessity because 4Gig will hold about 19 mins of DV video (Fat32's limit for a single file).
 
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