• VEGAS Pro

  HDV Captures redundant frame

  Posted by Jim Kaye on February 18, 2009 at 9:45 pm

  I am using a Sony MiniDV HDV camcorder. I use my Vegas 8.0 to capture a series of shots, then move them to the timeline for editing. All takes have the last frame of the next take appended to the end. I presume this is due to the compression algorythm the camcorder uses. Anyway, I then need to remove the last frame or 2 from every take to avoid “glitches” in the edited output. When a lot of takes are involved it is a pain to do this manually.

  Is this problem unique to me? Is there a way to automate the process. I never had the issue editing in SD with SD source material on an older camcorder.

  Jim

  John Rofrano replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Rofrano

  February 18, 2009 at 10:55 pm

  > Is this problem unique to me?

  Unfortunately no, it is a known bug in the Vegas capture utility for HDV. You should turn off scene detection or use another utility to capture HDV.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com
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  Jim Kaye

  February 19, 2009 at 5:42 pm

  Thanks, John, for the “reassurance” Any recommendation on what capture programs(s) to use for HDV? I used to use Scenalyzer with great success, but understand it won’t handle HDV.

  Jim
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  John Rofrano

  February 20, 2009 at 1:59 am

  Sorry I don’t use anything else. I just turned off scene detection and live with it. Some people like HDVSplit. I have never tried it.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com

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