Capture problems and Vegas Pro 8

[John Rofrano]

Have you ever successfully captured from the Hauppauge WinTV with Vegas before? The Vegas capture utility is designed for use with DV capture via FireWire. I assume that the Hauppauge WinTV is USB.

Why don’t you use the capture program that comes with the WinTV? It is probably the most reliable way to capture from this device.

~jr

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[Blayde Stone]

John I have been capturing over FireWire for years with Sony Vegas Pro eight, with no problem.
This is why I am so “frustrated’ that this has developed for no apparent reason. When I open the capture application I notice that it says “preview is turned off” and I can’t get it to recognize my camcorder for capturing. I looked all over the place to locate the “Ensure Smart preview video or always preview video” preference in
“Options” I can’t find these at all!! Can you give me some step-by-step directions where to find these??
We are a bit frustrated…. Thanks

[John Rofrano]

[Blayde Stone] “John I have been capturing over FireWire for years with Sony Vegas Pro eight, with no problem. This is why I am so “frustrated’ that this has developed for no apparent reason.”

Is the Hauppauge WinTV firewire? If not, you have never captured from a device like this at all.

[Blayde Stone] “When I open the capture application I notice that it says “preview is turned off” and I can’t get it to recognize my camcorder for capturing.”

Are we talking about the Hauppauge WinTV or your camcorder? Now I’m confused as to what you’re asking for help with.

~jr

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[Blayde Stone]

Sorry about the “confusion factor” John. True it’s taking me awhile just to get me brain wrapped around what I’m trying to convey as the
problem, so lets try this one more time….Hope this gives a presise
explanation of whats going on.
Sony Vegas Pro 8
New problem now when trying to capture video from a camcorder (Canon Vixia HV30) to Sony Vegas eight. Never really had a problem with this till now.
Here’s the scenario, opened capture application and in the window “preview is turned off”now displayed on capture screen.
Video capture now does not detect my camcorder, also when I click on the video tab I used to have two choices for capture #1 “Hauppauge Win TV418 video capture”, and #2 “Microsoft DV and VCR”.
I always use the #2 setting “Microsoft DV and VCR” and capture with no problem.
Now things have changed…… I don’t get the “Microsoft DV and VCR” option at all on the video tab!!, so I tried clicking on the only available option left “Hauppauge Win TV 418 video capture” I now get the error message… Stating
The device “Hauppauge Win TV 418 Video Capture” could not be opened. Please make sure that it is turned on and is not being used by another application or user.
I went to the help section of Vegas in troubleshooting I saw that it said to ensure your camera is selected on the video menu and also ensure “smart preview video” or “always preview” is selected on the options menu. For the life of me I can’t find these options. I am assuming that the “options”they are talking about are in the Sony video capture window?? I have clicked on this “option” and cannot find a place to select “ensure smart preview or always preview”!! Am I looking in the right place??How would I restore the
“Microsoft DV and VCR”settings once again ??
We have spent over six hours trying to rectify this, no luck. We have a memorial project we’re trying to complete by the end of the week,.and time is of the essence, appreciate your input to this problem.
Thanks for your comments.