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Re: Vegas Capture Problem
I just purchased Vegas 6.0c. I can’t capture from my Sony HDR-HC1 Hi def camcorder. It captures well using Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 with the HD plugin. Vegas 6 recognizes the camcorder, but hangs on attempted capture. Only ctl/alt/del works to exit Vegas. The same problem happened on a second computer running Vegas 6c, so I know it has to be the software. I know I have all of my Vegas options correct. Any advice? I have a post in to Sony help desk, but, so far– no Sony response!
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10 Replies
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Are you using the Internal (HDV) capture utility or the External (SD) capture program?
Edward Troxel
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I am using the internal capture that comes with Vegas 6.0
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And, I have no problem capturing HD to Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. I just can’t capture to Vegas 6.0 (c) without the program crashing. Thanks for your help.
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Let me restate Edward’s question because they both come with Vegas:
Is the capture you are using opening as a tab in the Vegas interface (HDV) or is it opening in a separate window (DV)?Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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It opens as a “capture” tab at the bottom of the vegas program, next to all of the other tabs there: capture, explorer, trimmer, project media, etc.
From there, I go to prefs, the device tab within prefs, the device type (IEEE 1394/MPEG2-TS Device)and the Device, my HDR-HC1 camcorder.
I can then use Vegas to control the camcorder momentarily before Vegas hangs and freezes. -
Sounds like you’re picking everything correctly. Are you on XP SP2? (sounds like you are)
Edward Troxel
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Yes, I am on on a Sony machine running Win XP Media Center Edition version 2002 with Service Pack 2. The machine has dual P4 3.6 Gz processors, so in theory it should work well.
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If we can’t find a solution to my capture problem, I can work around it this way: I can capture clips on Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, which I have on my machine and works well, then import those clips into Vegas for editing. Not the preferred solution by any means, but it works. Thanks for all of your help. Maybe Sony will develop a patch in the future.
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I think I now understand my problem. Please tell me if this does not seem correct to you. The problem may be my capture card. I can capture HD in Adobe Premeiere Pro 1.5 with the HD plugin because on capture Adobe does not transcode the clip until after capture is complete. Vegas appears to transcode in real time upon capture, which requires a more robust computer setup than I have. So, I will stick to Adobe capture. Thanks again for all of the help you have provided on this formu.
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I have has the same HDV capture problems but with vegas 7.
I have tried everything. I know its a software problem
because the same error & crash problems occur on both relatively new computers. I have now been told it is a
conflict problem with Mpeg-2 files as HDV captures in M2t
files something must be on my computer that is conflicting
with Vegas eg:- other editing software. I dont know how to
fix it. someone must. good luck
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