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Vegas capture issue
When capturing DVCam footage from my camcorder (HVR-s270) my Vegas capture program is not “scene detecting”. Same problem when I capture from DSR-2000 vtr. BTW.. scene detecting is enabled.
When scene detecting doesn’t work, the entire tape becomes one clip with continuous timecode, inspite of the fact that the tape was recorded with freerun timecode and should have timecode jumps at the start of each stop/start. This means all filed logging is useless.
any solutions?
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6 Replies
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Are you using Vegas Pro 11?
Try WinDV and see if you get the desired results.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
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Thanks Steve, I have discovered the issue and it’s with the camcorder. The time/date battery is dead and therefore no time/date stamp is being recorder. Apparently scene detection uses time/date info to detect scene changes. I switched my capture software to Scenaylizer and I think everything is going to be ok. Scenalyizer use optical sensing to detect scene changes.
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Interessting!
Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
https://filmex-creative-media.blogspot.com/ -
Just a follow up to the scene detecting issue. WinDV did not work any better than Sony Video Capture. Scenalizer only worked in theory and missed scenes it should have detected and detected scenes it shouldn’t.
The solution finally was to go back to Sony Video Capture and mark in and out points, allowing for 5 sec preroll, and batch capture the clips. This way I got the individual clips and they had timecode that matched the logged timecode.
This is why I shoot on cards.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Larry Brewer
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Well, glad you came up with a proper solution in the end.
Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
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“This is why I shoot on cards.”
What has this to do with your issue on T/C? If your battery needs replacing, for Time Date, how does using cards alter the need for having a fresh system battery?
I’m lost now.
Grazie
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