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Super20

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Original poster
Jul 24, 2004
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Council Bluffs, IA
I bought a cheap 720p DXG-569v camcorder at wally mart. It records to an SD card and it actually came with a cheapy 2gig sd card. The problem that when I pull the .mov off the camera and play it using quicktime, the video is really jerky. Not jerky like I can't hold the camera steady, but the video skips around like the sd card can't keep up with the video recording. is it possible that I need a name-brand card or a high speed card for this thing to keep up? It really is a nice little camera with some good potential, but right now I'm not impressed.
 
the video skips around like the sd card can't keep up with the video recording. is it possible that I need a name-brand card or a high speed card for this thing to keep up?


Don't play the video from the SD card; copy it to your hard drive first then play it. If it still skips, it may have been recorded at a low frame rate.

-DH
 
I did pull the video off of the card. I tried the video using quicktime and VLC player on my powerbook. I also tried it on my Vista machine and still had the same problem. I even tried a name-brand sd card. Chaulked it up to the camera being a piece of junk and returned it.
 
im pretty sure the issue is with the SD they gave you. if its choppy/ jerky its because the card cannot "receive" the footage fast enough from the camera thus losing frames making it all choppy. i suggest buying a class 6 card, however you may be able to get away with a class 4 card.

hope that helps
 
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