-
Issue Capturing from Canon HV30 to Sony Vegas 10.0 Platinum
Hello!!
I’ve been trying to capture video off my my mini dv tapes from my Canon hv30 using Vegas 10.0 Platinum HD. I have a ton of old footage that I’m trying to get onto my laptop hard drive. I have a sony vaio Intel core 2 dual cpu 2.6ghz w/ 4 gigs of ram and a 1394 firewire input. Canon hv30 is connected via Firewire directly to the laptop.
My footage is all shot in HDV @ 60i, not 24 or 30P. I am able to capture video to Vegas, but when I do, Sony Vegas breaks up my tapes into multiple clips, seemingly at random times. I’ve tried to capture the same tape 3 different times, and Vegas broke it into different clips every time. The longest I was able to get it to go in a single clip has been 57 minutes. I have unchecked the box “enable scene detection for HDV”, and that seems to have done nothing. I have tried over 10 different tapes and some of the tapes multiple times. No matter what I do, Vegas seems to randomly break my tapes into clips. I’m not showing any dropped frames, which would be the only reason it should do this. When I watch the videos on my camcorder or TV, the tapes play seamlessly, with no pauses or breaks int eh footage. My videos are mostly live music shows, which I would like to keep in a single clip for continuity and ease of workflow.
Does anyone know why Vegas is doing this to me or how to make it stop??
Any help would be so greatly appreciated, as I’ve been at this for over 72 hours and I’m about to pull my hair out!!
Thanks in advance!!!!
-
9 Replies
-
Try HDV Split.
It’s free and just might do a better job of capturing. -
Vegas 8 and 9 have always done this for me on my HV30. It never bothered me that much, but it is annoying. I never figured out how to stop it.
When I used Cineform Neoscene to capture footage it would keep it all in one file unless you set it otherwise. You can download that for a 15 day trial before buying it for $100.
-
I’m downloading HDVsplit right now and I’m hoping that will solve my problems. Thank you so much for your response!! 🙂
-
Have you tried disabling the “Enable HDV Scene Detection” in capture preferences (Prefs button in the Vegas capture window)?
I’ve never used the capture utililty, but that option is worth a try. If it works as expected, you should get a single large capture rather than lots of incorrectly split scenes.
-
Hey, and thanks for the tip, but I’ve already tried unchecking the “enable scene detection in HDV” from the preferences menu to no avail. I even closed the program, rebooted, and still have the same issue. I’ve downloaded HDVsplit and am attempting a capture using that program. I just do not understand why Vegas keeps splitting my captures into so many clips. Thank you for the help!!
-
Make sure you are not capturing to a FAT32 formated drive. It will not allow files sizes over 4GB I believe. You need to have NTFS format for larger files. Just thought that this may be the issue. Also, it still could be dropped frames. I had that happen a lot until I switched to another tape brand….just some thoughts!
Regards
Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions -
Hello Scott and thanks for the input. My set up is NTFS. I also use only Sony Premium MiniDV Tapes for my projects. I just used HDVSplit and had absolutely no issues whatsoever. It also automatically renders them in their native hdv. WAY easier and faster than Vegas, and no splits. Looks like it is just a problem that Vegas must have w/ my Canon camcorder. Thanks to everyone for the input, you saved me hours of frustration!! 🙂
-
I have found that dirty tape heads can sometimes cause enough dropouts and force the creation of a new file. It happens on my HC3, and after a head clean, I am able to get clean, uninterrupted captures.
Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
-
I have had similar breakup problems capturing to Vegas 10 from my HV20. I have gotten much better results using the capture function in my old Vegas 8.1.
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up