Capture Resolution Question

MickB wrote on 4/6/2005, 6:17 PM

I'm using a trial version of Vegas. I can't find the setting that will allow me to capture my 8mm analog video from my camcorder at 720x480 or any other setting. Current capture is of poor quality.

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Chienworks wrote on 4/7/2005, 4:30 AM

How are you capturing? How do you have the camcorder connected to the computer? What capture hardware are you using? Are you using Vegas' built-in VidCap to capture?

Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/7/2005, 7:49 AM

As Chienworks implies, there is no direct way to capture analog video. You need some sort of bridge to digitize it to a DV-AVI. (USB connections and hardware for capturing video for DVD will not work.)

A popular and affordable bridge is the ADS Pyro AV Link, which produces very nice, editable files. More expensive units are made my Canopus that also produce great results.

An alternative form is capturing is to run your analog video, via AV cables, into a miniDV camcorder and then plug the DV cam into your computer. In all cases only a firewire connection will give you quality, editable video.

Most Sony digital8 camcorders can also play 8mm and Hi8 videos. You can firewire them into your computer this way also.

MickB wrote on 4/7/2005, 10:15 AM

I can capture through my AIW 9700 card using Movie Studio and other programs. All software programs I have tried allow one to change the resolution of the AVI capture before starting the actual capture (320, 780, etc.) I just can't find this setting in Movie Studio or in help.

Chienworks wrote on 4/7/2005, 10:43 AM

This may vary slightly with different versions of VidCap and the AIW driver, but try this:

When you first launch VidCap, click on Video / ATI Video Capture Capture Properties (notice the word "capture" twice). A new window pops up. In the lower left corner of that window is Output Size. Change that setting to what you want.

Often this option disappears after you change any other setting and won't reappear until the next time you start VidCap.

MickB wrote on 4/7/2005, 2:37 PM

Thanks. That did it.

ANDREMIKE wrote on 4/15/2005, 1:36 PM

Wouldn't the capture already be a t the BEST setting? Is this something that should be set or changed? It hought there was only 1 capture setting that saved the data to the hard drive in the .avi format.