Troubleshoot: Have you tried the setup with a shorter firewire with the same (or different) results? If the problem solves itself with shorter firewire, then some kind of amp in the line may be just the thing. Peter @ Gotham Sound can probably lend you one for an hour to see if that solves your issue.
Do you have the capacity to run one or both Windows & Vegas on the internal hard drive? if so, try one, the other & then both on the internal drive, & see if that solves the issue. If that doesn't work, try the setup having moved the firewire so it runs perpendicular as it crosses the power cables. I don't think your cable run fits the problem you describe - rather, the bad result of such interference would be electromagnetic 'futz' to the picture and/or audio. That said, I would run audio / video cables so they make perpendicular crossings of power cables (and avoiding power cable coils altogether) in any and every event as a preventative measure. Better to make a longer electrical run than a longer firewire run... Jan On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hey all, > I'm running into some frame drop issues with a live capture setup I'm > doing. > > I'm running a 25' firewire alongside some power and HDMI cables, from my > HV30 shooting in SD to Vegas Pro on a Vista 64bit PC. I'm running a couple > fast SATAs, one running the software and windows, and one capturing the > media. And all other programs are shut down. > > Questions: > Is the length an issue? > Is there a possibility of interference from the other cables being next to > it? > Is there a way around either of these? > Do I need some sort of amplifier for the firewire? > > This is probably a question for another forum, but I know a lot of you > folks > have messed with this sort of stuff before. > > Halp. > > AQ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
