[MacDV] Movie wont play

[Kim]

The tape looks the same as the monitor on play back.

Eric
On Mar 12, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Michael Winter wrote:

>
> On Mar 11, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Kim wrote:
>
>> I am running iMovie 4.0.1 with OS10.4.8. I have a movie that I am  
>> trying to export back to tape. I know the camera connection is  
>> working. When I try to export or even play the movie within iMovie  
>> payback is jerky.
>
> Ignore what you see on the monitor. How does the output look? Are  
> you viewing it on a TV as its being recorded to tape?
>
> The reason I say to ignore what you see on the computer monitor is  
> because the process that displays the video in iMovie has a lower  
> priority than importing or exporting. That means iMovie will drop  
> frames in its display in order to avoid dropping frames during the  
> capture or export. I think if iMovie actually starts dropping data  
> in the import or export stream it fails and gives you a warning, I  
> know it does while importing, exporting may be a different matter.
>
> -Mike
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