Does Vegas import .dv files?

[Terry Esslinger]

The F1 is simply a field recorder or a fancy portable harddrive. As such it does not create its own video format it simply (or maybe not so simply) records whatever your camera is putting out to it. It is made especially (and maybe solely) for HDV and DV (meaning standard definition digital video cameras) that is probably DV.avi. But it will probably record whatever is attached to it.

[Steve Rhoden]

Of course it does…..lol

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[Mike Kujbida]

Alan is correct about the .dv format being Mac-based.

On the specifications page for this device, it says:

Video Format – HDV (.m2t), DV (.dv).

And if you look at the manual, it says:

*.dv files cannot be browsed or edited on a PC that does not have QuickTime installed.

To answer Alan’s question, it appears that you should be able to read these files on a PC but I’d see if I could get some footage from one of them to confirm this.
Maybe an email to Edirol or a user group somewhere could help you out.

[Alan Lacey]

Thanks Mike, I didn’t see that reference to QT.

I’ve tried in Vegas now and it does import. Problem is that being QT based, other editing apps won’t import – specifically Windows MovieMaker- so this unit is a no no for us.

Shame it is ideal, unique actually in many ways for us.

Alan

[Mike Kujbida]

Alan, since you want to bring this into MovieMaker, what you could do is, after you import the files into Vegas, render them out as DV-AVI.
I know MovieMaker can import that type of file.
BTW, why not get them to buy one of the Vegas Movie Studio versions?
The price is very reasonable and you get more editing options.

[Alan Lacey]

Thanks again Mike,

I didn’t make clear what the application was.

We’re installing video hardware (cams, monitors and some suitably chosen recording solution) in the clinics and operating rooms of a Teaching Hospital.

The proposal is that the doctors and surgeons will have access to the kit for aquisition, and are then on their own (with some limited support from me) to edit, post produce pr do whatever they want with their material.

Full-time, part-time, visiting fellows etc, some are very video savvy, most not. Some Macheads but predominantly PC hence the MovieMaker requirement. Transcoding the .dv files won’t be a possibility as this material is produced in a continual way from many many sources.

Alan