[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Finally I could see the needed checkmark option
to include the Markers in the render for both DVD & Blue-ray..
Thanks !

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

In the mean while I talked to some Vmix experts and they told me
there is a function in Vmix called ‘Multicorder’ that allows many video sources
to be recorded individualy ! The only minimum requirement is to use a SSD
dedicated drive for the video files and a i7 CPU core ..
And this function is available in the vMix 4K and Pro editions.
I’ll do some test tonight !!!!

Thanks anyway László.

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

You are right about Sonar X3.
I’ll explore that avenue..

Thanks !

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Hi,
I finaly bought the Grass Valley ADVC-HD50 capture device
and just received it. What a nice device !
I tried it in Sony Vegas Pro 13 and now I can capture external HDMI
to Sony Vegas Pro 13 directly using Capture HDV.
I found Vegas captures in MPEG .M2T format.
All I have to do is click the PLAY button inside the HDV capture window
to see the incoming image then click the record button to start capturing. EASY !
I captured a 60 seconds clip and that gives a 190Mbytes file size.
It seems that this MPEG compression is a bit too compressed from Vegas
at capture time.. What do you think ?
Is’n it not too compressed anyway to use it for editing afterward ?

Here is a snapshot of the clip’s info from MediaInfo:

General
ID : 255 (0xFF)
Complete name : D:\Dossiers video\Capture general\Clip 001.m2t
Format : MPEG-TS
Commercial name : HDV 1080i
File size : 191 MiB
Duration : 1mn 1s
Start time : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85
End time : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 26.1 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 33.0 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 165-25-45 45:85:85

Video
ID : 2064 (0x810)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : HDV 1080i
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High 1440
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
Codec ID : 2
Duration : 1mn 0s
Bit rate : 24.5 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 25.0 Mbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : Component
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.525
Time code of first frame : 00:02:59;04
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Stream size : 178 MiB (93%)
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2068 (0x814)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 3
Duration : 1mn 1s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -334ms
Stream size : 2.80 MiB (1%)

Menu
ID : 129 (0x81)
Menu ID : 100 (0x64)
List : 2064 (0x810) (MPEG Video) / 2068 (0x814) (MPEG Audio) / 2069 (0x815) () / 2065 (0x811) ()

Your reply is always welcomed !

J-Pierre Desrochers

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

I’ll try the first option..
Thanks for your useful comments !
JP

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Here are 3 snapshots of the encoding choices..

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Sad to here that since the provided link is inside
my own personal web space. The problem is that the
info I need you to see is a 4 scrolling pages PDF
hard to attach as a .JPG file..
This ftp space IS SAFE and has provided COW users
lots of viewable infos over my last years posts..

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Thank you John for your explainations..
As you saw I’m a newbie that had no problem capturing
DV video with my old Canopus ADVC-100 inside Vegas 8 in the past.
So I moved to Vegas Pro 13, and now I want to capture
HDMI external signal to Vegas 13 with lots of struggle..
I changed my PC for a powerful Intel i7 with 32gb of RAM
and 3 separate HDD’s to do the job easily.
I don’t own any HD camcorder
(which is best suited for Vegas 13 HD capturing)
so I’m focusing on ANY type of device that would
receive an HDMI stream and ‘send it’ to Vegas as a capture process.
That’s why, so far, I only found the Magewell XI100DUSB-HDMI HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture Dongle to do the job.. Well I was wrong.
Vegas is ‘picky’ in accepting capture device in HD format.
And since I’m a newbie I do not know all the ‘video technical terms’
of videophiles guys like you. So I get easily lost in the ocean
of technicalities specialy in the HD world.
A goog thing for me would be to go through some kind
of HD capture technical seminar for Vegas Pro 13 including all
aspects of what I’ll step on in the process to do the best
decisions in buying equipment.
And about the Intensity Pro USB3 capture device for example
I know there are issues about PC motherboard USB3 chipset..
I own an ASUS X99 motherboard so I’ll have to check if the Intensity Pro
would be accepted and by the motherboard AND by Vegas itself.
Sorry for the long post but that’s my (frustrating) story so far.
Thanks john.

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Thank you Geoff,
Again I do not want to buy a PCIe slot
mother board type dependant card..
I look for an external HDMI video capture device that would be
firewire/Vegas compatible.
I’m so disapointed the technology is that
limited with such devices for specific task..
They go on the moon but there are no HDMI to HDV firewire
devices available to buy anywhere..
I must be a martian with too dificult needs..
Maybe a should have choose another type of editor than Vegas..
Maybe another video editor soft would accept many more
types of HD capture devices..
I will continue my look around again.
Thanks anyway.
JP

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada

[Jean-pierre Desrochers]

Right now I have an offer at $250.00
for a used but working HD50 ..
By the way, after a lot of intenet search
I could not find any device that would receive
an HDMI source and convert it to HDV
through a firewire cable that Vegas would accept
as a capture source to record..
Vegas has been designed to capture external camcorder (DV or HDV)
sources through a firewire cable so no devices seam to fit
whenever an HDMI feed comes to be recorded (captured).

So any suggestion for a device whose workflow would be
— HDMI source to HDMI video capture device input then
— firewire device output to PC (captured by Vegas Pro) ???

J-P Desrochers
Quebec, Canada