okay everybody, yes I am a noob, so please go easy on me...
I've just recently started trying my hand at videos, and there are a few things I'm confused about. I have premiere 6.5 and I'm using a dazzle video creator 80 for my captures. In the clip box, I haven't been getting a picture for any of my captures, but when I'm doing the playback for my videos everything looks fine. When I try export the timeline, I get the music, but no picture, just a ton of static. I've tried the different compressors, but I'm still not getting anything. I did install the program before the capture device, but since this is an external capture device, does that make a difference? I apologize for being so long winded, but I'm just really confused.
someone please help me...
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Jason 00
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OK, well I used a Dazzle USB capture device when I first started editing as well. The device captured video in MPEG-1 and quality was not great by any means. Are you able to place a clip on the timeline within Adobe Premiere 6.5 and then see that clip within the preview screen. Or is it just static as well? If you can see it, then make sure that your project settings within Adobe Premiere are set up properly. Go to the "Project" tab in the upper right and click on "Project Settings" then "Video". At the bottom make sure the box for recompress (always) is checked. Also when you export the video is it actual static or just pixelated footage 
It would be best if you know what kind of video codecs you are dealing with. Maybe "DV" for an .avi capture but i'm not sure. Try not to mix codecs within Premiere if you can help it. There are much better ways to capture video other than Dazzle. Here are some better ideas>http://www.hypeodermicstudios.com/AdvancedFAQ.htm and then>http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/ All that they require you to have is an internal DVD-ROM drive and some free software.
Some hard drive space would be nice to.
Oh yay, and try to capture at a high aspect ratio perferably 720x480.
That will give Premiere plenty of pixels to work with.
Hope that helps in some way
It would be best if you know what kind of video codecs you are dealing with. Maybe "DV" for an .avi capture but i'm not sure. Try not to mix codecs within Premiere if you can help it. There are much better ways to capture video other than Dazzle. Here are some better ideas>http://www.hypeodermicstudios.com/AdvancedFAQ.htm and then>http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/ All that they require you to have is an internal DVD-ROM drive and some free software.Some hard drive space would be nice to.
Oh yay, and try to capture at a high aspect ratio perferably 720x480.
That will give Premiere plenty of pixels to work with.
Hope that helps in some way
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