Capturing via HDV or SDI – Sony Vegas 10 Crashes

[Trey Wingbat]

Ok, so I disabled the Kona 3G card in device manager, and then rebooted, and the Sony Vegas capture worked alright (it didn’t crash).

So what could be causing the Sony Vegas software to crash from a driver perspective / incompatibility between it and the Kona 3G card?

[Stephen Mann]

If you disabled the Kona card driver, which driver did you use to capture? Did Windows still see the card with a default Windows driver?

If it looks like a Kona driver issue, then I would be on Kona’s case for a resolution.

(I don’t do SDI here, but it would be a step up from my HDV cameras.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Nigel O’neill]

I am pretty sure the NX5U has its own content management utility which allows you to determine the container to use e.g.mpeg, MXF, m2t etc. You then copy the files and/or import them into Vegas.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Trey Wingbat]

Well, that’s the thing… with the Kona 3G card disabled, I couldn’t capture anything. It’s just that Sony Vegas didn’t crash when it was disabled.

[Stephen Mann]

Does the Kona card come with a capture utility?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Trey Wingbat]

Kona is supposed to release software soon for capturing, but haven’t yet.

[Trey Wingbat]

I tried transferring files even by USB, but I didn’t see an option for the 128 GB module I bought for it, only the SD memory cards.

[Nigel O’neill]

I didn’t think direct transfers worked. I believe you need to use the XDCAM explorer (the content management utility) to stitch the files together and to wrap them properly in your preferred container, be it mp2, m2t or mp4.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Trey Wingbat]

Ok, I am now using the Sony Content Management Utility to import from the memory module (I connected it directly via USB after removing it from the camera). I can see the separate files on it, but they are separate in 2GB sizes (due to the FAT32 limitation I believe), but I want to “stitch” them together, so it’s all one file.

But when I go to import using the SCMU, it won’t let me select any folder where my media files are, including the main folder – the OK button is just greyed out. How come?