Can those who use "Scenalyzer" please explain it's advantages over Video Capture 3.0 or 4.0?

craftech wrote on 4/1/2004, 6:01 AM

I have read several posts regarding this $39 software and am considering buying it. I alternate now between VidCap 3.0 and 4.0 (sometimes one seems to work better than the other).

What are Scenalayzer's advantages?

Thanks,

JOhn

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DJPadre wrote on 4/29/2006, 12:53 AM

"It WILL! Just start it multiple times and point each instance to a different device."

what if theyre all Panasonic cameras.. ?? Ive got 4 of the buggers and they ALL come up as being Panasonic DV Camcorder

if it does this... then ill be buying it without question...

Grazie wrote on 4/29/2006, 11:44 PM

I just bought it. The rapid tape indexing incredible.

I get to be able to scrub all clips, print off sheets of grabs and generally "proof" my work prior to capture. For me, this will provide a further way into the narrative of the "Soft Corp" I do.

I'm still learning and experimenting with it, but in my experience thus far it does have a really tough and secure feel to it. The batch capturing procedure is rapid and makes for a workmanlike experience.

Grazie

ushere wrote on 4/30/2006, 1:28 AM

been using it for quite a while now - f--king fantastic. oh how i wish i'd had it back......

anyway, my workflow (which varies quite a lot) is generally something like:

capture clips / dump ng's / trim to 2" heads and tails on takes that need it / print web based index / send copy to client (the intelligent ones - all too few of them unfortuantely).

armed with script, paper cut (litterally) index pictures to dialogie or whatever.

fine cut and add whatever needed / render (overnight if necessary) / vhs time code copy to client for approval (i'm not going to waste time rendering an mpeg if theres to be changes, or give him (it's usually a him) the chance to use the copy to delay payment. i wont give a clean copy till i'm paid.

collect cheque.

think the other thread re vegas future is a bit of a laugh after the speed and simplicity of all this....

leslie

Jim H wrote on 4/30/2006, 1:34 AM

"5. SA doesn't capture HDV. ..(you don't get any scene detection from the stupid HDV capture option in Vegas).... "

This answered two questions I had. Since I started using my HD camera a couple months ago I looked everywhere for the option to turn on scene detection. Now I know it's not me. What a royal pain. I shoot track events and usually pick up a half hour of footage and just dump to the hard drive. It never fails that right in the middle of a race, Vegas capture decides it needs to start saving to a new file. Why does it do this? File size limits?

douglas_clark wrote on 4/30/2006, 2:52 PM

Apparently Scenalyser only will do an index of a DV tape, but not an analog (VHS or Hi8) tape. Is that right? Is there any way to get it to do the fast index on a VHS tape (via ADVC-100)?

johnmeyer wrote on 4/30/2006, 7:14 PM

Apparently Scenalyser only will do an index of a DV tape, but not an analog (VHS or Hi8) tape. Is that right? Is there any way to get it to do the fast index on a VHS tape (via ADVC-100)?

There is no timecode on VHS tape (at least not normally) so such a thing is not possible. Also, unless you have a $3,000 VHS deck, you probably don't have computer control over the deck, which would be required as well.