Slow Motion Distortion?

Question

when i slow mo a video theres always a distortionn

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what is it

is it my program

p.s. i use powerdirector?

Answer 1

I'm jsut guessing it's ur PC or your quality is too good.

You can change graphics quality.

Or you have too much stuff open at the same time.

Go To BESt buy and ask the Geek Squad. they might be able to help.

Answer 2

export the audio track to a wav file and slow it down in an audio editing program, then re-import it back into your video at the same point as your video. delete or mute the existing audio track. that should solve the distortion problem because the audio and video data is interleaved (connected in some way)

Answer 3

If the video and audio are captured together... and when you play the video the audio plays at the same time, so when you slow   e  v  e  r  y  t  h  i  n  g    d  o  w  n ,    t  h  e     t  h  e    a  u  d  i  o    i  s    g  o  i  n  g      t  o    s  l  o  w    d  o  w  n ,    t  o  o.

Are you expecting the audio to stay the same speed so it still sounds OK? If so, the audio will finish before the video does.

If you are referring only to the video being "distorted" when played back in slow motion, then you need to understand how camcorders draw the video... using "interlaced" frames. The short version is first every other line is produced on the screen... then the remaining every other line is produced on the screen. When it is 30 frames per second, it is REALLY 60 interlaced frames per second. This is why when you try to grab a still frame out of video, that generally does not look very good - especially with when a lot of motion is involved (which is probably why you want to use slow motion).

In order to get decent looking slow motion, you have two options:

1) Instead of using a camcorder that records 60 interlaced frames per second (which results in 30 frames per second - actually, 29.97, but you can do that research), use a camcorder that records progressive frames - that is, no interlacing - the WHOLE frame is captured in a single pass. As far as I know, the least expensive camcorders that do this are the Canon HV20 and HV30.

2) Record at faster than 60i (30 fps) and playback at normal speed. The only consumer camcorders I know that can do this are a few of the Sony consumer camcorders that have the "Slow Smooth record" feature and they can burst high speed for only a couple of seconds. There may be others - I just don't know about them. Most of the real, nice, high-speed (that results in really clear slow motion playback) camcorders are used for industrial purposes and will run though standard recording media pretty quickly.

So... which "distortion" are you talking about? Audio or video?