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Old 27th May 2008, 16:52   #1  |  Link
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Consistently Dropping 9 Frames in a Row

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I am at my wits end with this one. My captures consistently drop 9 frames right in a row about every 25-35 minutes. I have tried different capture programs, different codecs, different capture cards, different sources, hell, even different cables and I cannot seem to figure it out.

Anyone have an idea? This problem is driving me crazy!

My current setup: Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 500GB SATA drives (I'm not capturing to my OS drive), Hauppage HVR-1800 (purchased in hopes of solving the issue, I was using a WinFast TV2000 XP Expert), Windows XP Pro. I mainly use VirtualVCR to capture, but I've used various other progams as well.
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Old 27th May 2008, 21:59   #2  |  Link
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I say it's either HDD or Memory, but I'd say HDD is more likely.
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Well what you could do is every 20-25 minutes, stop capturing and resume again if its possible.

I have to do that with mine or I'd get a BSOD if I go over 20 minutes.
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@MaggIvyHi!
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I have to do that with mine or I'd get a BSOD if I go over 20 minutes.
That is not normal. You're system is likely overheating...
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Also my CPU usage is 100 percent when I use the intensity pro...even after the update...

Can that have anything to do with it?
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Again, you're system is likely overheating...
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Well I'll be taking it in for repairs, hopefully they can fix this...I'll be sure to tell them that, thanks.
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Thanks for the reply. I've considered this, and I've tried different HDDs to solve this issue. The the only common element is they were all SATA. The ones I'm currently using are Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 3.0GB/s drives, so I'm sure speed isn't the issue. My RAM is 4GB matched pair OCZ DDR2 800 (PC26400), so I doubt its too slow as well.

So, does anyone capture to a SATA HDD? I'd be shocked if that was the issue, but at this point I can't rule anything out.

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Yeah, that is what I am currently doing, and is what I'm trying to avoid. And I agree it sounds like a heat issue for you.
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Thanks for the reply. I've considered this, and I've tried different HDDs to solve this issue. The the only common element is they were all SATA. The ones I'm currently using are Seagate Baracuda 7200.10 3.0GB/s drives, so I'm sure speed isn't the issue. My RAM is 4GB matched pair OCZ DDR2 800 (PC26400), so I doubt its too slow as well.

So, does anyone capture to a SATA HDD? I'd be shocked if that was the issue, but at this point I can't rule anything out.
This might sound odd to you, but certain HDD's can have incompatabilities with certain motherboards.

WD Raptors, for example have issues with certain Intel P35 Chipsets.

http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.ph...raptor+ip35pro


Certain RAM modules may be incompatible with certain Motherboards as well. It's always good to check different brands.
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Wow, that is some pretty interesting reading. Maybe I'll see if there are driver updates. Thanks for the info.
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What background or scheduled tasks you've running - antiviruses, defragmenters, some updaters or similar? Does some piece of your hardware (eg other HDD) go sleep after 30min of inactivity? Have you any records in eventlogs, corresponding to frames dropping time?
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Hi DonQ, thanks for the reply.

There is nothing obvious running in the background, and I don't have my HDD set to sleep. I have shut everything down, and even unplugged it from my network to no avail.

My CPU utilization is really low during captures, definitely less than 20% for both cores.

I will check my event logs though, that is a good suggestion!
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