This area is one that you may not be able to do much about. Here's why. The analog frame that dropped may actually be corrupt in some way.
I have a VCR that lets me advance frame by frame and in every case, the dropped frame shows some defect if I find it on the VCR.
You can try another simple cheap video capture such as an ATI or Hauppauge TV card to see if it does a little better or worse. About 50 bucks.
Bob
I have a Dell Dimension 4600, 2.4GHz, with 256MB RAM. The machine is equiped with a TI IEEE 1394 Host Controller and Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator.
When copying either VHS or 8mm analog tape media to the hard drive, I notice several 'frame drops' during the transfer process which appears as occaisional and annoying jerking motion during playback which is also apparent on the finished DVD.
Any ideas on how to overcome this problem? Could an upgrade to 1GB of memory perhaps imporove video transfer quality? Thank you for your response.

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