Can Vegas19 capture via Firewire?

PeterWright wrote on 7/21/2022, 1:16 AM

When I try doing this I get a Blank Black Panel in Vegas Capture, headed
Microsoft DV Camera and VCR, but no video showing, and capture doesn't work, so I have been using Vegas 15 to capture VHS or DV via Firewire.

Is this a common experience, or can some people do it in V19?

Thanks

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fr0sty wrote on 7/21/2022, 2:24 AM

It's a deprecated feature. There are freeware utilities you can download that do it for you.

PeterWright wrote on 7/21/2022, 3:16 AM

Thanks very much frosty - I'll keep using older Vegas I think.

juan_rios wrote on 7/21/2022, 3:49 AM

In "VEGAS Pro 19" Preferences open the "Deprecated Features" window and check "Enable Video Capture". In "File/Capture video..." you can open the DV capture window.

fr0sty wrote on 7/21/2022, 12:18 PM

Thanks very much frosty - I'll keep using older Vegas I think.

There are things in the new versions, like AI upscaling, that work great on DV footage, so the workaround I mentioned will work if you decide to upgrade to be able to utilize these newer features, especially if DV capture is ever fully removed from VEGAS (it's hidden in the deprecated features menu currently). The only difference is it doesn't automatically drop the .avi in your project media after capture, you'll have to do a manual import, but the rest works the same.