capturing HDV

[Peter Wright]

There are a choice of ways, depending on how you work.

The Vegas internal capture works fine, but it does not currently do scene detection, which some like to use.

The Cineform capture can detect scenes, and also can do almost simultaneous creation of Intermediate avi files for editing. If you are going to work this way, this is a considerable time saver, as creating them after capture takes a fair while.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au

[Jerry Waters]

CineForm – “Connect HD” for Vegas – does several things. It runs stand alone. It is much easier to operate than the system in Vegas. It will capture and convert to a great editable avi file and in the process scene detect. If your computer is not the fastest, it will first capture, then convert in a second step. If your computer is capable, it will capture, convert into avi scenes all in one step.

When working with their codec in Vegas everything runs as fast (as far as I can tell) as DV although you are working with 1440 X 1080 files. Their codec was designed for editing and you get a little better version than the one licensed to Sony for Vegas.

Their system is far superior to working with proxies and is well worth the $199. All my work is in HDV. I own a Z1 and an A1U and occasionally borrow a friend’s FX1. I am engaged in making a feature movie. We have over 500GB or captured footage (the avi files are larger than the m2t files delivered by the cameras) and HD Connect has been a godsend. Beyond this system are others that involve a lot of money, 10 bit, etc., but Connect HD is a great first step.

JerryW