Cannot import from DV camcorder in Vegas 19, Vegas 17 works fine

Edward-Robold wrote on 5/19/2022, 10:05 AM

I just upgraded to Vegas 19 Pro and I use a DV camera plugged into a Firewire port. The software won't recognize the device is attached even though I know the computer knows it is. If I simply change back to Vegas 17, it "sees" the camera and will import video with no issue. This seems like a software issue. What can I do to Vegas 19 to get it to see the camera? I'm using Windows 10 pro and the system is 64 bit. As a work around, I import to Vegas 17 then copy the imported clips to another version of Vegas 19.

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j-v wrote on 5/19/2022, 10:30 AM

I never used Vegas to import my DV camera files a very long time ago.
I found than DVDate the best to import and save, the latest free version you can find here: https://paulglagla.com/en/dvdate-2/

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3POINT wrote on 5/19/2022, 10:41 AM

AFAICR Vegas uses an external application called vidcap60 to capture DV. This application hasn't been updated since 2016 and still can be found in the Vegas 19 installation folder.

vkmast wrote on 5/19/2022, 10:42 AM

@Edward-Robold in VP 19 Options | Preferences | Deprecated Features do you have "Enable Video Capture" ticked?

jetdv wrote on 5/19/2022, 11:11 AM

Personally, I always liked capturing DV with Scenalyzer better. Plus, it's free now!