I am trying to capture 10 year old DV video that was recorded on an unknown camcorder. I have tried a Canon DV camcorder but it drops stacks of frames at regular 3 second intervals so I think it's a codec compatibility problem. I have tried Nero with no success. That tapes play well on the Canon camcorder but drops frames when capturing.
Is the any other app that I can use?
Did you try cleaning the camcorder heads?
It could have been shot as DVCAM format on miniDV tape. The tape rolls faster through the DVCAM transport, otherwise the two are nearly identical.
You would need to find an XHA1 or similar camera to test that guess.
This is what I eventually did.
In Nero's capture options is 'Custom' profile. In there I could choose any of the installed codecs. Since I had installed the GoPro Cineform, that codec, that was available in the choices. Worked great.
Capturing from a DV camcorder is basically a file transfer. The DV on the tape is already DV Codec format. You should not have had to convert to another codec while capturing. Was this a digital tape camera or analog?
Capturing from a DV camcorder is basically a file transfer. The DV on the tape is already DV Codec format. You should not have had to convert to another codec while capturing. Was this a digital tape camera or analog?
You right, the problem was that Vegas's capture option was dropping frames like crazy and also Nero's default capture was erratic. I'm not sure if DV cams have their own build in codecs and as I had these DV tapes and the owner did not know what cam captured them so I assume it was another cam other than Canon.
Maybe needs Time Base Correction?
hi i want to trasnfer a DV tape to digital, what file formats are available, does it support MP4 ?
No, it makes DV in the program , but there is a possibility to render it to a mp4.
Which one depends on your Vegas version.
@Nimesh-Patel You really should start your own thread rather than zombifying this three year old thread that is unrelated to your question except for the word "DV."
@Nimesh-Patel Ideally, use the built in VP video capture app, sceneanalyser will also do. The DV tape already contains a digital file within it. It’s meant to be transferred to your PC via firewire.
By using firewire you are transferring, copying, that digital file on tape to your PC in .avi DV format, with no quality loss. The .avi file saved to disk will be a copy of the file on tape. Thereafter, on your PC, you can transcode it to .mp4 if you wish, that will of course entail some quality loss.
If you use another form of transfer, capture, than 1394 firewire then it may not be as good a copy.
This explains it well ... “Capturing from a DV camcorder is basically a file transfer. The DV on the tape is already DV Codec format. You should not have had to convert to another codec while capturing.”
I used VirtualDub to capture my hi8 tapes but I used a PCIe Firewire card since USB uses packets and Firewire is bitstream.
Thanks both, that helps.