HC1E take so long to turn on and REC. at DVinfo.net

Arve Hansen · February 17th, 2006, 03:26 AM

Is this normal that it take 8 sek to start and before it come to rec.
Turn on take arond 2 sek and when hit rec button it take about 6 sek befor starting to record.

If i have it turned on in Stanby. Sometimes it take 5 sek before it records, sometime it start with the same.

I use Sony dv premium. Is it better and faster with a HDV tape?

Alex Thin · February 17th, 2006, 07:20 AM

Sometimes take some seconds in starting to record, only sometimes, to turn it on, mine always do instantaneously

Other thing, I think there is not HDV tapes, the tapes to record HDV are always miniDV.

Tom Hardwick · February 17th, 2006, 07:59 AM

The tape used won't make the slightest difference Arve. Use the cheapest tape that doesn't give you dropouts.

This start-up delay has been mentioned before. It's to do with the MPEG 2 compression, I'm sure, but I can't figure out why it varies so much. Maybe something to do with the space between I frames.

tom.

February 17th, 2006, 03:26 AM	#1
Arve Hansen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 49	HC1E take so long to turn on and REC. Is this normal that it take 8 sek to start and before it come to rec. Turn on take arond 2 sek and when hit rec button it take about 6 sek befor starting to record. If i have it turned on in Stanby. Sometimes it take 5 sek before it records, sometime it start with the same. I use Sony dv premium. Is it better and faster with a HDV tape?

February 17th, 2006, 07:20 AM	#2
Alex Thin Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 26	re Sometimes take some seconds in starting to record, only sometimes, to turn it on, mine always do instantaneously Other thing, I think there is not HDV tapes, the tapes to record HDV are always miniDV.

February 17th, 2006, 07:59 AM	#3
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	The tape used won't make the slightest difference Arve. Use the cheapest tape that doesn't give you dropouts. This start-up delay has been mentioned before. It's to do with the MPEG 2 compression, I'm sure, but I can't figure out why it varies so much. Maybe something to do with the space between I frames. tom.