dc30

[fxbuilder]

I'm using a dc30(not plus) and can't seem to get a good image. Scrolling with the video in pt doesn't work. It waits until I stop to catch up. I've seen images done with a dc20 card that look far better and even scroll. I get lots of dropped frames and have tried everything listed in the Miro pages. Can anyone out there help. Please!!!! Thanks, Craig

[trakbytes]

Sounds like a driver problem. I use a DC 30 and am quite pleased with its performance. Make sure you have the latest drivers (from the miro web site-sorry don't have it handy, but is pretty easy to find...) The drivers which ship with the CD may not work at all (at least for NTSC).

I capture at 800 to 1000k/sec, 320/240 (in Premiere). I also prefer to use an internal drive in the Mac, as its data transfer rate is faster.

Also, make sure you have Quicktime 3.0 or higher installed. As I recall, the miro CD will install Quicktime 2.5, which will not work.

Good luck!

Bob

[fxbuilder]

Thanks for the info. Got the latest drivers etc, and finally got pt to scroll nicely. I'm still having pix quality problems. If I use 800K to record with, my time code window ghosts badly. And the picture is fuzzy. If I go down to 500k then the window is good, buit the rest also suffers a bit in quality. Any idea what's going on. I can't use this with clients. The pix is embaressing. I record on the internal drive to my 9600, 200. More help would be appreciated. Pinnacle charges out the ear just to get help. Help please! Thanks, Craig

[Lee Blaske]

I'm just guessing that the 9600/200 might be a bit too slow. I'm using 1000 kb per second on a 9600/350, and it looks pretty good.

Lee Blaske