DV/AVI file only imports 1.23 seconds of 20 min

Scott-Maas wrote on 4/13/2020, 9:22 AM

I captured appx 20 min of footage via DV import(record) into MEP. However, when I drag the file to the timeline, it only gives me 1.23 seconds of the file no matter how I import it. My .MOV files and such work fine, just not the DV/AVI...Why am I only getting 1.23 seconds?

 

(MEP+20, WIN 7)

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AAProds wrote on 4/28/2020, 8:23 AM

Scott, weird, because MEP loves DV-AVI! Fastest timeline in The West! That said, I think (it was years ago now) I rarely used MEP to actually capture; too unreliable.

I would suggest you try changing the file from type 1 (or 2) to the other with:

https://paulglagla.com/en/dvdate-2/

Sounds dodgy but Paul has been at this for years and his program helped me a few times with wonky DV-AVI files; I'd change to the other type and it would come in to MEP without issue.

One thing to check: for 20 minutes, the file should be about 4gb.

I've just gone through my notes and I used this program to capture DV:

http://windv.mourek.cz/

Good luck!

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Bluray Burner: Pioneer BDR-212D

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Magix Video Deluxe 2026 Ultimate (although it comes up as "Premium").

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 Home Version 2009

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

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