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Topic: Flicker with QC Pro 9000 on Ainmator DV Simple+

I'm getting a little light flicker still despite having all settings set to manual and all the other obvious "control the environment" stuff.  I use Ainmator DV Simple+ for capture and use Frame Averaging set usually to 4 or 5.  I'm starting to wonder if the frame averaging is causing the problem.  Imagine it averages 5 frames, but for some reason, one of the frames is null (all black).  That could produce a decent looking image but one that is 1/5 darker than frames before and after.   One reason I suspect this is because if I capture a 2nd frame too soon after the previous one, sometimes, I get an all black frame (with frame avg turned off).

Has anyone else experienced this?

Does anyone NOT use Frame Averaging who uses Ainmator DV Simple+?  Maybe the 9000 is so good, I don't need to use Frame Avg.

I might just need to do some experimenting, try to solve this puzzle.

In the meantime, I'm using a deflicker plug-in in VirtualDub to minimize the flicker, but it is far from perfect.

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Re: Flicker with QC Pro 9000 on Ainmator DV Simple+

I've heard that the ADV settings and the camera settings are often in conflict, make sure the quickcam settings are changed also.

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Re: Flicker with QC Pro 9000 on Ainmator DV Simple+

I had that too, but you need really need to put everything MANUAL. Even the anti-lightflicker.

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Re: Flicker with QC Pro 9000 on Ainmator DV Simple+

It looks like all of the QC 9000's settings are available from within Animator DV's "settings" command. That's where I make all my webcam adjustments.  Am I missing some camera controls by doing it that way?

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Re: Flicker with QC Pro 9000 on Ainmator DV Simple+

I believe so.