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jocks wrote on 11/9/2003, 8:29 AM
hi Alberto,
with some capture cards that have video in/out, you can record in AVI format. but it will take a lot of space on hard drive. a movie that´s say 1h40minutes long took 95Gb of hard drive space ! capture used about 14Mb/s, but DV format use only 3.8Mb/s. anyway, you really need to defrag your harddrive before using this much hard drive space, to avoid capture problems.
good luck :-)
/jocks
albesesa wrote on 11/9/2003, 10:12 AM
What do I need for the capture of analogic video ?

Alberto
Spot|DSE wrote on 11/9/2003, 10:15 AM
To capture analog;
Canopus ADVC 1394
Canopus ADVC 100
Canopus ADVC 500
ADS D/V Link
Laird Blue Flame
Director Converter Pro

All do a good job of conversion.
albesesa wrote on 11/9/2003, 10:36 AM
Are there external cards converter for the capture of analogic video working with Vegas 4 ?

Alberto
Grazie wrote on 11/9/2003, 10:41 AM
albesesa - Like this Canopus ADVC 100.

Regards

Grazie
randy-stewart wrote on 11/9/2003, 5:32 PM
Albesesa,
Another option is to use a digital 8 or digital camera with pass-through capability. Maybe you can borrow one or buy one for about $450 (US). If you buy a convertor for $300 (US), like the Canopus that Grazie and Spot suggested, you can connect your analog camcorder to the convertor via RCA jacks, hit play on your camera, and the video will be digitized through the convertor box into your computer (via the firewire connection) and captured in Vegas. However, if you spend about $100 (US) more, you can get a camera with pass-through and use it instead. The benefit is you have a camera to use which is digital, and you can convert your previous analog footage with it also. There are lots of threads on this in the forum. Just search on pass-through or analog conversion for step-by-step instructions. Hope this helps.
Randy
albesesa wrote on 11/10/2003, 4:02 AM
Many thanks for all yours suggestions.

Alberto
farss wrote on 11/10/2003, 4:38 AM
If you have a D8 camera that does passthrough it'll almost certainly play the Hi8 tapes anyway. Thats by far the simplest way to go! SOny also make a D8 VCR that will play 8, Hi8 and D8 with a LCD screen. Only downside to this solution versus external A/D converter, you're stuck with either NTSC or PAL.