ScottNWP wrote in message <19971223051500.AAA05582@ladder01.news.aol.com>...

>I'm just getting my system setup for Spark/Premiere.
>I'm sure there will be plenty of tuning involved but I would
>appreciate tips from someone who has already burned
>this particular bridge (SPARK => PC7).
>I'm very new to all this. I found nothing specific
>on the DPS web page.
>
>Video IN is fine but the audio IN is crap.
>Video OUT to the PC7 dies with the Transmission Timing
>Error. Then to make it worse, I can't reload SPARK
>after getting this error.
>
>Where do I start ?
>What is interleave ?
>What should the record/playback settings be ?
>yada yada yada

Hmmm, sounds familiar, that T.T.E message...
First, go to the DPS site and download version
1.05 of the software - it cures a lot of the
Spark software running problems during playback.
(Saves a lot of hair pulling...;-) Then try various
audio interleave numbers for recording (4-frames
worked best for me). With Premier "Make Movie", set
2-frame audio interleave instead of the default
1-frame, see if that works. I find it helpful for
keeping the Spark software happy (and therefore
me! ;-) to always return to the computer screen
viewing window in Spark before doing ANYTHING
(like loading files, camcorder shut-down, etc.)

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David Ruether
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