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ronaldf wrote on 12/28/2000, 7:53 PM
Yes, you need a firewire card(1394). Your best bet would be
to purchase one that comes with editing software.
VideoFactory and several other of the cheaper editing
packages do not allow you to print to tape directly from
the time line. You first have to render the edited footage
into a .avi file. This is then sent to the camcorder via
the IEEE 1394 card. This is limited to a 4gig file in
win98. No file limit with Win2000. Right now I am using
VideoFactory to capture the video thru StudioDV 1394 card.
I edit in VideoFactory and produce short clips with all the
titles and special effects. These are rendered into
the .avi files and then put into StudioDV for assembly and
output to tape. I'm not limited to the file size this way.
It is a real pain in the rear to do it this way but
StudioDV has a few problems still and VideoFactory has
better special effects controls than StudioDV. Shortly I'm
going to dump both of them in favor of more stable and
feature enriched editing solutions such as DVRaptor.

teague prichard wrote:
>>I have a new sony DV camcorder.. getting vegasvideo but
I
>>need a way to get my video into vegasvideo. I have a
PIII
>>500mzh, 256RAM, 20 GB. I think I need a IEEE 1394
capture
>>card that fits into a PCI slot. I would like to keep it
>>under $200.
>>What do you suggest and am I heading in the right
direction?
deef wrote on 12/29/2000, 9:08 PM
Hi Teague...yep you are heading in the right direction!
you should get a OHCI IEEE 1394 DV capture card made by
companies such as SIIG and ADS.

Thanks!

teague prichard wrote:
>>I have a new sony DV camcorder.. getting vegasvideo but
I
>>need a way to get my video into vegasvideo. I have a
PIII
>>500mzh, 256RAM, 20 GB. I think I need a IEEE 1394
capture
>>card that fits into a PCI slot. I would like to keep it
>>under $200.
>>What do you suggest and am I heading in the right
direction?
Disintegrator wrote on 1/16/2001, 12:33 PM
Make sure that your project video settings has the full
resolution video quality set to best as well.

John Meyer wrote:
>>If I click on the "Copy Snapshot" icon in the preview
>>window, I can copy a single frame of video to the
>>clipboard. If the preview window is docked, I get 180x120
>>quality. If I undock the window, I get 360x240 quality.
If
>>I right-click on the preview window and select "Display
at
>>Project Size" I then get 720x480 a pixel snapshot
>>(capture), but it is EXTREMELY jaggy. If I then change
the
>>quality setting in the preview window from "Preview
>>Quality" to "Best Quality," it makes no difference.
>>
>>If I magnify the 360x240 images (captured with
the "Display
>>at Project Size" turned off) to be the same size in my
>>image editing program as the 720x480 image, they do not
>>exhibit the jaggies.
>>
>>I also own Studio DV from Pinnacle, and it captures
>>beautiful still images, especially when you enable the
anti-
>>jitter function.
>>
>>Question: What combination of settings (including
registry
>>hacks) will provide the best still image captures in
>>VideoFactory?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John Meyer
Disintegrator wrote on 1/16/2001, 12:37 PM
Make sure that your project video settings has the full
resolution video quality set to best as well.

John Meyer wrote:
>>If I click on the "Copy Snapshot" icon in the preview
>>window, I can copy a single frame of video to the
>>clipboard. If the preview window is docked, I get 180x120
>>quality. If I undock the window, I get 360x240 quality.
If
>>I right-click on the preview window and select "Display
at
>>Project Size" I then get 720x480 a pixel snapshot
>>(capture), but it is EXTREMELY jaggy. If I then change
the
>>quality setting in the preview window from "Preview
>>Quality" to "Best Quality," it makes no difference.
>>
>>If I magnify the 360x240 images (captured with
the "Display
>>at Project Size" turned off) to be the same size in my
>>image editing program as the 720x480 image, they do not
>>exhibit the jaggies.
>>
>>I also own Studio DV from Pinnacle, and it captures
>>beautiful still images, especially when you enable the
anti-
>>jitter function.
>>
>>Question: What combination of settings (including
registry
>>hacks) will provide the best still image captures in
>>VideoFactory?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John Meyer
johnmeyer wrote on 1/17/2001, 11:09 PM
I got the answer from SF tech support, so I thought I'd
post the answer for anyone in the future.

All the settings are in the Video Preview window.

1. Select Best Quality.

2. Right click on the preview and select "Display at
Project Size."

3. Click on the "Project Video Properties" icon (upper left
corner of the preview windows). Change "Field Order"
from "Lower Field First" to "None (progressive scan)".

Don't forget to change everything back after you've made
these changes. Item #3 was the one I didn't know to do.
Without making that change, you get lines through your
capture.

keywords: capture snapshot screen still picture jpeg jpg
tiff bmp

John Meyer wrote:
>>If I click on the "Copy Snapshot" icon in the preview
>>window, I can copy a single frame of video to the
>>clipboard. If the preview window is docked, I get 180x120
>>quality. If I undock the window, I get 360x240 quality.
If
>>I right-click on the preview window and select "Display
at
>>Project Size" I then get 720x480 a pixel snapshot
>>(capture), but it is EXTREMELY jaggy. If I then change
the
>>quality setting in the preview window from "Preview
>>Quality" to "Best Quality," it makes no difference.
>>
>>If I magnify the 360x240 images (captured with
the "Display
>>at Project Size" turned off) to be the same size in my
>>image editing program as the 720x480 image, they do not
>>exhibit the jaggies.
>>
>>I also own Studio DV from Pinnacle, and it captures
>>beautiful still images, especially when you enable the
anti-
>>jitter function.
>>
>>Question: What combination of settings (including
registry
>>hacks) will provide the best still image captures in
>>VideoFactory?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John Meyer