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Video Capture Card Problems.
Hello,
I recently purchased a video capture card and installed it. A video/tech friend of mine let me use his computer to put the card in, on which he had Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0. I really have no idea what I’m doing here and he won’t be back for a week.
When I select “Capture” from the menu, a window comes up telling me that ther Capture Device is not turned on. I’ve tried making a project in all of the formats I think were suppost to work, but it still doesn’t work!
If I use InterVideo MSIPVS 3, the software that came with the card, I can get the inputs to work properly, but the program isn’t all that great.
Any and all help is really appreciated, thanks.
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3 Replies
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What card do you have, and what video device are you trying to capture from?
For a video capture card to work with Premiere, the manufacturer of the card needs to provide plug-ins for Premiere, so that Premiere knows the card is there and how to talk to it. If you’re not using one of those cards, and there’s only a few out there (go to the Premiere Pro page on Adobe.com for a link to cards that it supports), it just plain won’t work.
An opinion (based on what I suspect you’re using) – Cheap video capture cards really aren’t worth the hassle. You’re better off using an analog-DV converter, which is a little box with analog inputs and plugs into the Firewire port on your computer. Because it outputs a DV signal, Premiere can capture it natively (without the need for extra drivers).
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Unfortuatly I have one of those cheap capture cards that is not supported by Premiere or have any drivers to allow Premiere to see it.
Now as for the analog-DV converter; is there any specific one you would recommend? I was really hoping to not spend a whole lot of money on this project.
Thanks again,
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Canopus makes good ones, but is not that cheap. The Pyro series from ADS has an OK reputation, and tends to be less expensive.
You can still capture using your existing card and another application and import your files into Premiere. However, I would recommend you double-check the card or application’s capture settings. You’ll get the best results from Premiere if you capture as an AVI file, preferably using the DV codec (aka, DV-AVI).
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