Quote: I remember those "old" days with a lot of dropped frames from video cameras and "old" computers. One simple work around that we used to use was to limit the capture multiple 10 minutes files. That allowed the computer to catch up! The frame loss was mimimized so the out of sync issue would be limited.

I guess that shows my age !

Well, we're not quite yet to the point where we're using Zimmer-frames to walk around! (LOL) But on the first computer I used to do video editing(Windows Millenium Edition) the first capture card I used was from Avermedia, good for video, attrocious for audio! I moved on to Windows XP, PD7 and a Dazzle capture device, good on both audio and video but a bit super-sensitive to conditions of older tapes.... false triggering of copy-protect function, thought the capture device was at fault, proved wrong! Next came Windows 7, gravitated from PD7 to PD8(PD8 still installed and living happily alongside PD14) and a K-World capture device, Still getting the occasional false triggering of the copy-protect function but now I know it's the tape itself that's the culprit.

Cheers!

Neil.

The solution seems quite overwhelming..... My computer is very modern, has a great graphics card and tons of memory avail, and to top it off, i just did a reinstall. The file -- when made into a desktop move vs dvd -- is FINE.
I am an independent producer / volunteer for NY Community TV in a couple of areas.
Thank everyone for your input. It is stressful wondering how to deal with this in a hurry though inasmuch as the project MUST BE IN by Tues. So, I am going to try to put it on a 16 g drive.

CS: Your comments and questions were very helpful! I am glad you came in on the discussion.
I have been doing TV work for Community TV, but I am looking to enter the TV business as a TV Host or game show host. Here is my youtube resume, and if anyone can help.....))

https://youtu.be/gTYZerkJ-FA

Hi, Angela!

Glad you've found some kind of solution for your audio/video sync. problem.

You mentioned your involvement in community TV in New York, here in Australia, the one-and-only available channel set aside for community TV, Digital Ch.31, is the "rug" to be pulled out from under the feet of the Australian CTV operators at the end of this year. Already one Sydney(NSW)-based station has shut down just prior to last Xmas. There are 7 digital channels here being totally wasted on TV-Shopping stations, floggingh the sort of stuff no-one in their right minds would even consider paying two cents for, yet the asking prices for the junk being pushed on these stations is up into the hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars, and yet our federal government begrudges community TV even one channel. The stations that remain active are allowed to use Ch.31 until the end of the year provided they DON'T protest the channel's closure. I know this is off-topic but thought, as a community TV participant, you ought to be aware of what's going on down here in Australia.

Cheers!

Neil.

Oh Neil, that is awful....Thanks for the info.

Quote: Oh Neil, that is awful....Thanks for the info.

Hi, Angela!

That's our Liberal Party government for you! Get the little guy down and "put the boot in!"(kick him while he's down). e're soon to face a general election anytime between August and October this year(2016) but If the Libs don't get their way in the Senate here, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may call for a double-dissolution election and we could be headed to the polls as early as July... BRING IT ON! Voting is compulsory here(as it should be!) and our methods aren't anywhere near as convoluted or complicated as the US system. Our method is standardised and we don't spend a whole year in campaigning(about 7-8 weeks in total). I'm looking forward to it, so we can get an ALP "SOCIALIST" government in place that will be much fairer to the Community TV sector. Sorry for going off-topic like this but it was something I really wanted to "get off my chest"!

Cheers!

Neil.

Neil.F.1955, Your recent post has once again strayed off topic. Kindly stay on topic and not diverge into tangential thought sharing which have no relevance to video editing.
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Dafydd