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Maddening HDV newbie problems
I’m new to HDV and haven’t yet been able to capture an HDV clip from my new Canon HV20 camcorder. Tried Adobe Premiere CS3 and it worked for awhile but only DV capture, no HDV capture. Premiere stopped working and now my computer crashes when inserting my firewire card.
I decided to downloaded Sony Vegas Movie Studio 6 trial edition. Since I’m not able to capture video (since firewire card causes crashing)at the moment I’m trying to learn
Vegas and am having some problems.I have a 1920×1080 24fps .mov clip that imports o.k. but project settings keep reverting back to 800×800 pixels, even after entering correct pixel numbers in the correct fields. I also tried “match media settings” but no luck.
1. How do I get the project settings to match the pixel dimensions and frame rate of the imported clip (only one on the timeline).
2. Also before I have to do something drastic like reloading my OS and/or buying another firewire card/cable, can someone confirm that my Vegas version can actually capture and work with my Canon HDV clips??
Thank you!!
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5 Replies
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First of all, since you’re using demo mode, download the newest PLATINUM version of Movie Studio. That’s version 8.0? Only the Platinum versions of Movie Studio can do HD.
If you want, wait another week and download Vegas Pro 8.0 – the new release of the full version of Vegas. It’s more expensive but doesn’t have the restrictions of the Movie Studio versions.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks for that Edward. I downloaded the platinum version and so far so good. I’ve had some success capturing and exporting. I need to practice awhile before I figure the best settings.
I also downloaded Cineform HDLINK and was able to capture a clip. It made me a nice intermedate CFHDCAP.AVI file that I can view with Windows Media Player. It imports into Vegas, but when dragged onto the timeline it only appears as a red bar instead of the usual picture icon(s). In the preview window only blackness appears. In the PROJECT MEDIA window I right click on the CFHDCAP.AVI icon and it shows the following properties:
Attributes: 1440x1080x16
Format:Cineform HD codec 2.5
Field order: upper field first
Pixel aspect ratio: 1.33 (HDV 1080)
Alpha channel: noneCan you help?
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Sounds like Vegas is having problems reading the file. Can you capture straight to m2t in Vegas?
Edward Troxel
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Yes I can capture m2t files in Vegas.
I’m trying to get Cineform after hearing that it holds up better to multiple layers and FX. For what its worth, I captured a few more CFHD.avi files but with the same result…they import o.k. but show as red on the timeline and blackness in the preview window. Also these CFHD.avi files actually import into Windows Movie Maker and ARE visible on the timeline and the preview window. However I don’t want to use Movie Maker. I even tried capturing m2t files in vegas THEN converting them to CFHD.AVI in Cineform HDLINK instead of letting Cineform do the capture AND conversion. But still same result.
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I’ve also imported a .mov clip (2048x1024x24, h.264, progressive,square pixels) from the new RED cinema camera and am getting the same result…red bar on the timeline with black in the preview window.
For what it’s worth I rendered the clip as a .WMV and it plays on three different software media players…but only shows solid black or green screen .
Ideas?
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