im trying to put a vid from camcorder on my computer it says data rate not high enough how do i change this
how do you change your data rate
- Thread starter BYSON
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the problem may be how you are connecting it.
If you are using firewire, there should be no problem. If you are using a USB device, then you must have a USB 2.0 port otherwise you cannot transfer data fast enough to have the highest resolution possible for DVD authoring.
If you are using a USB 1 port, then you might try reducing the resolution of your video capture device, this reduced data transfer should allow your system to work.
If you are using firewire, there should be no problem. If you are using a USB device, then you must have a USB 2.0 port otherwise you cannot transfer data fast enough to have the highest resolution possible for DVD authoring.
If you are using a USB 1 port, then you might try reducing the resolution of your video capture device, this reduced data transfer should allow your system to work.
The problem is likely your hard drive. Most editing software (which I assume you are using to capture your video) requires that the hard drive where video will be captured be able to sustain a data transfer rate of at least 4000 Kbytes/second. This data rate is necessary in order to transfer the video without any loss of data. Any lost data will show up as dropped frames and video with dropped frames plays back with visible stutter, making the captured footage unusable. All contemporary hard drives should be capable of at least 4MB/sec and most can do more than 10MB/sec with DMA enabled.
If you use an IDE hard disk for video storage, then it is absolutely essential that Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfer be activated for this hard disk, as well as for any other IDE devices on the same controller as the video hard disk. Enabling DMA for a hard drive should significantly improve data transfer rates and improve system performance, and enavle you to capyure your video.
Under Windows 2000 DMA is generally enabled by default. This is not so with Windows 98 / Millennium edition. To enable DMA on a Windows 98 / Millennium system:
Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel and open the System icon.
Click to the next tab called Device Manager.
Open the Disk drives category.
There should be an item called GENERIC IDE DISK TYPExx (xx can be any number)
Highlight this item and click on Properties.
Click on the Settings tab and locate a checkbox called DMA.
Check this option and press OK on the warning box that follows.
Press OK on the Properties box and close the device manager.
Restart the system.
If DMA is NOT enabled on Windows 2000 & XP, click the [Start] button then go to Control Panel and double-click on System icon then click on Hardware tab and choose Device manager. You'll see a list of devices in your system.
Click the [+] sign on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers to expand. You should see Primary IDE and Secondary IDE channels.
Right click on the Primary IDE Channel, choose Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, select the Advanced Settings tab. You'll see the drive properties for your devices. Set each channel as follows:
Device Type: Auto Detection
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Click OK to exit the Primary IDE Properties window.
Right click on the Secondary IDE Channel, and do the same as you did above. When done, close all the properties windows.
Shut Down and Power off the system, wait 15 seconds, then power ON the system.
This should hopefully boost your data transfer rates and allow you to capture.
If you use an IDE hard disk for video storage, then it is absolutely essential that Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfer be activated for this hard disk, as well as for any other IDE devices on the same controller as the video hard disk. Enabling DMA for a hard drive should significantly improve data transfer rates and improve system performance, and enavle you to capyure your video.
Under Windows 2000 DMA is generally enabled by default. This is not so with Windows 98 / Millennium edition. To enable DMA on a Windows 98 / Millennium system:
Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel and open the System icon.
Click to the next tab called Device Manager.
Open the Disk drives category.
There should be an item called GENERIC IDE DISK TYPExx (xx can be any number)
Highlight this item and click on Properties.
Click on the Settings tab and locate a checkbox called DMA.
Check this option and press OK on the warning box that follows.
Press OK on the Properties box and close the device manager.
Restart the system.
If DMA is NOT enabled on Windows 2000 & XP, click the [Start] button then go to Control Panel and double-click on System icon then click on Hardware tab and choose Device manager. You'll see a list of devices in your system.
Click the [+] sign on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers to expand. You should see Primary IDE and Secondary IDE channels.
Right click on the Primary IDE Channel, choose Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, select the Advanced Settings tab. You'll see the drive properties for your devices. Set each channel as follows:
Device Type: Auto Detection
Transfer Mode: DMA if available
Click OK to exit the Primary IDE Properties window.
Right click on the Secondary IDE Channel, and do the same as you did above. When done, close all the properties windows.
Shut Down and Power off the system, wait 15 seconds, then power ON the system.
This should hopefully boost your data transfer rates and allow you to capture.
