The likely cause: the chipset used for the FireWire connection

is not video-friendly (we had this same problem with two of

our three fast computers, and installing a TI-chipset FireWire

card [and/or the Raptor...] - after uninstalling the driver for the

built- in FireWire and disabling it [great, huh?! - really "video-ready"

some of these new computers are not!]). BTW, old 200MHz

PCs work just fine with the Raptor and old IDE drives - speed is

not the issue... Also BTW, it is easier to write DVDs from MS-codec

files than from Canopus-codec files (darn...! ;-). And, also, also BTW,

I also hate computers - but they *can* help us (sometimes...;-) do

things we couldn't do otherwise...

--

 David Ruether

 d_ruether@hotmail.com

 http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com

 

"alexzenek" <alexzenek@hotmail_spam_no.com> wrote in message news:3F818927.903034C1@hotmail_spam_no.com...

>

>

> Monkey Monkey wrote:

>

> > alexzenek <alexzenek@hotmail_spam_no.com> wrote

> >

> > > No I can observe the jerky picture when I start recording

> > > DV/avi, without recording  the picture on the screen looks

> > > OK Of course when I play back it is exactly the some because

> > > it was wrongly recorded.

> >

> > A 2.6 gHz with a RAID and a standard OHCI 1394 card *should*

> > be able to capture full frame (720x480) video without any

> > trouble.

> >

> > Perhaps the firewire card isn't using the correct drivers.

> > Windows XP will occasionally install it's default drivers

> > for a 1394 card, which isn't an exact match to some specific

> > cards.  You may want to check the card manufacturer's

> > web site for the latest updated drivers.

> >

> > Also, I'm sorry I didn't ask before, what software are you

> > using to capture the video directly from you're new computer's

> > firewire port?

> >

> > Are you sure that the software has the RAID designated as

> > the scratch (capture) drive(s)?

>

> I gave up and installed my old Raptor which I reckon takes only place in

> PCI slot if the Firewire could solve the capturing problem.

> Unfortunately firewire is embedded with motherboard and capture driver

> were associated with the assus motherboard.

> You might be right that windows assigned its own driver and the assus

> drivers were rejected but after spending two days with hardware I

> finally didn't want to waste more of my time and start editing with the

> old Raptor  friend and Premiere 6.

> To be honest I hate computers..:))

>

> Alex