I use Scenalyser (there are issues with Vegas capturing audio from my PDX10P) and this works like charm. There is a demo at www.scenalyser.com

The demo is fully functional but outputs/flashes a watermark on some of the frames. The full version is some €39.

If captureing analog, VirtualDub is popular, as is AVI_IO, though both are VFW. Heard a lot of good things about iuVCR as mentioned earlier.

The vegas capture utility has always worked fine for me.

I use Vegas Capture for everything except clips with 4 channel audio. For that, I use Scenalyzer. If Scenalyzer adds batch capturing with manual entry of numbers, I may use it full time. Then again, if Vegas Capture adds 4 channel audio capture, I may use it full time.

I generally use SoFo Vidcap, although I do occasionally use Scenalyzer. One feature from my old Canopus Raptor software I miss is the ability to scan a DV tape, generate a log, and click on the log entry to automatically fast-forward or rewind to the beginning of the clip. This was really handy for cataloging tapes with several short finished pieces on a single tape.

Any way to do this with VidCap or Scenalyzer?

Vidcap - No

Scenalyzer - Kind of. It has the fast foward feature to log clips with an option to select which clips to capture. I guess you could select the proper clip, tell it to capture, and then stop it as soon as it got there.

Sofo Vidcap and Scenalyzer (aka SCLive). You can get to their site here:

http://scenalyzer.com/

You captured analog video with the DC10 and then edited it with Vegas ? Did you printed the edited video back to tape ? If that's the case, may I ask you how do you render the final AVI ?

I'm experimenting with PICVideo and Morgan codecs but couldn't get the same picture quality I get when I render with Pinnacle Codec within Studio 8.

BStanding:

If I understand your question, I use the batch capture utility in vidcap to do exactly what you are describing - scan tape, log it in, then pick the clips you want to capture in a batch capture mode, and vidcap will fast forward and capture each selected clip. If clips are on separate tapes, you will be prompted to insert the next tape. Works great.

Frenchy

Frenchy:

You're right, SoFo VidCap will recapture from a batch file just fine. What I'm talking about is the ability to (just) play from the appropriate point in the tape WITHOUT capturing. Sort of an automatic tape index or chapter point. In Raptor Navigator, you simply double-click on the thumbnail, and it plays the clip from the tape, then stops when it reaches the end.

Very handy if you're making VHS dubs.