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External DV Capture Problem
I have recently purchased an external Pioneer DVD/HDD burner/player. I am trying to capture some wedding footage from a dvd provided by a friend. I am connecting the dv cable to my computer, Windows does recognize the device. I have an S-Video cable out to my LCD from the player and I can see the footage from the burner/player. However, when I try to capture the footage from Vegas, it does not recognize the device? How do I get my dvd footage into my computer? I have tried the use the import/DVD camcorder disc option however, it does not import anything?? Is there an easy way to get .vob files into Vegas?
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6 Replies
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DVD player –> Analog –> Convertor –> firewire –> Computer
The convertor could be something like a Canopus ADVC or ADS Pyro unit or a deck or a MiniDV camera.
Edward Troxel
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Edward,
The way I understand it is, out from dvd player to analog (I have an FX1 Sony camera) then back out via firewire to my computer.. My question is, where are the inputs on the camera?? I am under the impression that you can only go out from the camera?
Thanks..
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Got it…. Thanks…
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Do you have a DVD player in your computer? Why go through the capture process (with the resulting loss in quality) when you can import the DVD to the timeline straight from the DVD? Am I missing something here?
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[Terje A. Bergesen] “Why go through the capture process (with the resulting loss in quality) when you can import the DVD to the timeline straight from the DVD?”
At which time you’ll get a “loss of quality” as the MPEG2 is decompressed and then recompressed into the target format. Plus you’ll have a much tougher time editing since MPEG2 is not a good editing format and, possibly, have audio issues depending on a few factors.
Personally, I find it much easier to just capture as DV-AVI, edit in the preferred format, and then output as needed. I don’t “see” any quality loss using this method even though I’m sure you could prove otherwise.
Edward Troxel
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I would not say I can prove, but I can definitely argue. The best possible quality available is the original MPEG-2 stream. Once you start pushing that over a connection that is not digital, you will get quality loss. When you re-encode this, you do not have the same quality as you did on the actual DVD.
Importing the DVD direct and the encoding should, give better results. Not that I have tried. Just don’t like the digital-analog-digital conversion which I expect would give you a loss in quality compared to: Import MPEG-2, render to DV or uncompressed AVI or something similarly editable, and off you go.
Just my $.02
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Terje A. Bergesen
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