Red frames and sound out of sync in HDV

Question

I'm fairly new to capturing HDV. I'm trying to capture from a Sony A1E into PPCS6. I'm choosing capture format HDV and Preset HDV 1080i25 (50i). I'm in England on the PAL system.
I'm able to capture, but the resulting footage always has the sound a good few frames out of sync. This can of course easily be dealt with. But more worryingly, I frequently get 1 or 2 or 3 frames of solid bold red. Clearly something is not right. Can anyone please advise? I'm about to do a big project which will entail digitising about six hours of footage, so I do need to get on top of this. Thanks.

Answer 1

The dropped frames can result from bad tape,
dirty or misaligned heads in the deck, etc.
Could anyone possibly be kind enough to run quickly through the settings that I should be using on both camera and project?
HDV settings on the camera,
and a Sequence that matches your footage...
1440x1080 (1.3333)
Do this:
Or, right-click a media file and select 'New Sequence From Clip".
How do I choose the right sequence settings?
http://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/how-do-i-choose-the-right-sequence-settings