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DIGITAL VIDEO DATA TRANSFER QUESTION
I’m sure you’ve discussed this repeatedly, but this is new for me…I want to get a completed edited digital master (Format 1:85 stereo drop-frame) with music, (created in avid) which is now on a miniDV cassette, into Vegas. Do I need to capture it? If I run firewire from the camera into my computer, will it open the camera up like a drive and show some file I can bring over, and then read THAT into Vegas? OR should I capture it directly into Vegas, and create into which format?
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7 Replies
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If it’s on miniDV tape, you’ll have to capture it.
Edward Troxel
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Will there be loss of signal when you capture digital?
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When capturing from tape via firewire, it’s like doing a file copy. What you get in the file will be bit for bit what’s on the tape (barring any read errors).
Edward Troxel
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Ok somebody is going to burn my master which is on mini DV to DVD. If I get that DVD, will I also load it into Sony Vegas by again capturing it, or are there other possibilities?
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If I have the master tape, I’ll take that over a DVD any day.
If you’re wanting to pull a DVD into Vegas, just go to File – Import – DVD Camcorder Disc and point it to that DVD.
Edward Troxel
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Here’s a good one: Does the quality of a video card affect the capture? I currently have a very basic 128 MB Nvidia Card, if I upgraded to 256 or more MB would this AFFECT capture resolution? Would VEGAS / rendering run faster? Curious, and thanks!
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[MattInLA] “Does the quality of a video card affect the capture?”
No it does not.
Edward Troxel
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