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Can’t Capture From New Camera
For years I’ve captured video to Vegas (currently use V7) from my old Panasonic NV-MX7 using a firewire DV cable (which I also bought years ago).
Just got a nice new Canon HV30 HDV but capture just won’t work for me. I’m using the same old firewire cable but Vegas capture screen doesn’t recognise any device connected. If I switch back to my Panasonic, capture works.
Appreciate any thoughts as to why this might be so. Has firewire technology changed? Do I need upgrade to Canon’s recommended optional DV cable or should I be looking at my camera settings for a solution.
I appreciate that Vegas Pro 8 is a HD product but I would have thought that Vegas 7 should at least capture HD even if the final product is in SD standard. -
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There is a new capture utility for HDV in Vegas 7. The DV Vidcap program won’t work (as you have seen). When you go to capture, Vegas should give you a choice of capturing HDV or DV before either capture program starts (actually the HDV one is built-in and will be a dockable window)
If you don’t get asked to choose, you make have selected DV as the default in the past and asked Vegas to stop asking you. Go to Options | Preferences | Video and uncheck Use external video capture application . This is should return to asking you whether to capture DV or HDV again. Then select HDV to capture from your HDV camera.
~jr
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Also, check the “Output” options in your camera.
Charlie
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Thanks John and Charlie – your suggestions worked. I’m now a happy man.
Bob
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