[John Hermes]

I haven’t done this in a while but here are from my notes:

1. Copy the entire contents of the card (the BPAV folder) to your hard drive
2. From “View” in Vegas, open Device Explorer.
3. Right click “No Device Selected” and use “browse” to navigate to the capture clips folder on the hard drive.
4. Click on “capture clips” and clips from the BPAV folder will be visible.
5. Choose the clips desired and drag to the media window in Vegas.

I hope this helps.

John Hermes
San Diego, CA

[John Hermes]

I haven’t done this in a while but here are from my notes:

1. Copy the entire contents of the card (the BPAV folder) to your hard drive
2. From “View” in Vegas, open Device Explorer. Right click “No Device Selected” and use “browse” to navigate to the capture clips folder on the hard drive.
4. Click on “capture clips” and clips from the BPAV folder will be visible.
5. Choose the clips desired and drag to the media window in Vegas.

I hope this helps.

John Hermes
San Diego, CA

[John Hermes]

Thanks, Mike. I fooled around with it some more and figured it out. I was doing a couple things wrong. I appreciate your help.

John Hermes
San Diego, CA

[John Hermes]

Okay, I pulled the BPAV and clips from my card into a folder on my hard drive. I navigated to this folder using Device Explorer. When I click on the CLPR folder and see my clips, it does not allow me to select more than one. Even if I select only one the “OK” button in the window is not activated. If I try to drag the clip into the media bin of Vegas it states “None of the files dropped on Vegas Pro could be opened”.

John Hermes
San Diego, CA

[John Hermes]

I recently got a new HP computer with Vista and have my Vegas 5.0d loaded on it. I am getting this same problem – dropouts on the external monitor every twenty seconds or so. I’ve never had this problem on my other computers. All Vegas settings the same as far as I know. Anyone have any ideas?

John Hermes
San Diego, CA

[John Hermes]

I have had this problem with my camera video clips on all versions of Vegas. Most clips will normalize fine, but on some, the audio flatlines. If I really need to work on that clip, I usually insert an audio envelope on the track and rubber band it. I wish they would get this problem fixed.

[John Hermes]

Your black level for video intended for DVD needs to be 0 IRE. If you are using 7.5 IRE, the standard DVD player will add setup and you will end up with a 15 IRE black level. I learned this lesson and changed my DV camera to record at 0 IRE. My DVDs look great now. Before, they had slightly raised and washed out blacks.

[John Hermes]

I know sometimes when you normalize an event’s audio, it will go to zero. I have never figured out why one event will normalize and on another event this will happen. I usually just undo it and adjust volume with an envelope.

[John Hermes]

Thanks, Peter. I did what you suggested. I found that I needed to check the “Mic Boost” box, located in the audio preferences also, to get enough volume, since the fader was maxed out. The mic preamp in my computer seems pretty weak. Your suggestion of going through a separate mixer before inputting is probably the way to go.

[John Hermes]

You may be feeding a line level signal into a mic level input. If you can’t adjust the input level, you may want to use a line/mic attenuating adapter to get the signal down to the correct level.