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Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/9/2009, 2:23 PM
I suspect you don't need to 'capture'. Just copy your footage to your hard drive using the software that comes with the camera. Then run Vegas and in Vegas' explorer window, locate the footage. Next is to drag the footage to the timeline. Done.
richard-amirault wrote on 2/9/2009, 2:34 PM
That sounds right (I have no exerience with HD camcorders)

Are you currently trying to use a firewire connection and it's not working?
alyvegas wrote on 2/9/2009, 4:29 PM
I will try this! So I will connect my camcorder with the USB cord and store it on the computer then through Vegas retrieve the information through explorer? I just want to be sure I STORE my files in an organized way since my first movie I made, the files were scattered which made it VERY hard to transfer to my back up hard drive!

Thanks again!
gogiants wrote on 2/9/2009, 5:04 PM
Looks like for that camera you have the built-in onboard hard drive, and the option to store on MemoryStick removable media. Based on what you described it seems you are trying to grab the items from the built-in hard drive.

I'd guess that if you plug in the camera via the USB cradle it will be recognized as an external hard drive on Windows. If the built-in software scatters your files everywhere, you might be able to figure out which files you need and simply transfer them like you would copy files between drives. The catch will be going through the onboard directory structure and making sure you grab the right files.
alyvegas wrote on 2/9/2009, 6:52 PM
I am able to load my camcorder video files onto the computer using the camcorder's software and then export it to my SONY Vegas video editing software. HOWEVER... I don't seem to be able to RENAME my files in the "Picture Motion Browser" (software to retrieve files from my camcorder) It's so frustrating!! Basically, all of my files have a 20 digit number as a name which does not help me when I go to explorer when in my SONY Vegas program and I can't tell which video clip it is. It allows me to name the folder the file is going to but that's it.

Any ideas?
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/9/2009, 9:46 PM
Wincommander (and others) allows batch.renaming. Is that what you need?
GBR wrote on 2/9/2009, 10:45 PM
Look again at that 20 digit number. I'm sure you will find it is comprised of date and time info which really is useful in identifying the video clip.
Regards,
GBR
alyvegas wrote on 2/10/2009, 7:01 AM
What is wincommander?
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/10/2009, 1:25 PM
Wincommander is now called total commander http://www.ghisler.com/. It is a free alternative for Windows Explorer. It allows multi-renaming.
alyvegas wrote on 2/10/2009, 2:01 PM
Thank you for your responses! After playing around with the camcorders software abit, I figured out that when I "trim" my clip that I can rename it and save it to the same folder. It looks like I can add it to SONY Vegas through Explorer and be able to see the clips name and then once it's in my "project media" through Vegas, I can sort it into a bin that I create.

What I DON'T know YET is when my project is complete and I want to transfer it to my backup hard drive (separate from my hard drive camcorder obviously) will my "trimmed" clips function independently from the original clips. Meaning can I delete the "FULL" clips since I have essentially a "copy" of that clip but trimmed. I know from past errors that if I don't have EVERY single file needed for my project-it won't work (Like when it can't find it in the original file location)

Lastly, when I look in explorer within my folders contain all of the clips I have imported. I do not understand all of the components that make up each clip. There seems to be 3 components-I assume 1 is the video mpeg2 file and another is the audio file and then there is another? All of these do not show up separately when I look through my SONY Vegas program and add to my project. Do I assume that when i copy my project to my backup hard drive that ALL 3 components will stay together? For instance, when in Explorer when I open the folder, it appears as though I would have to grab ALL 3 file types for that 1 video clip in order to copy it to another place?

Thanks for your patience and helpful advice!
alyvegas wrote on 2/10/2009, 2:02 PM
Thanks! You were right- that number contains the date the clip was recorded on the camcorder!
alyvegas wrote on 2/10/2009, 10:42 PM
I am SOO happy! I was able to make a quick 5 minute sample video and it seems to store, sort and burn fine! I feel better now than 24 hours ago!

Enough from me now! :)
Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/11/2009, 12:29 PM
Good for you! Good luck with your projects!
bee.r wrote on 2/19/2009, 8:45 AM
I can't give you a full answer as I'm not near my PC with vegas on at the moment, but in the file menu there is a 'save as' command where it gives you options to also save trimmed project media (with a couple of seconds either side I think) to wherever you want on your hard drive. It's an invaluable function - as I'm sure you realise - for backing up projects once completed.


I'm also not exactly sure what the extra files are, but they aren't as you suppose! The mpeg file contains video and audio, the others I think are just extra files to speed up the opening. they may be 'images' of what the audio wave form looks like on the screen , or peak charts or similar. I do know that they're created by the picture motion browser after you've imported your movie clips, and that deleting them (or stopping PMB before it's created them) doesn't prevent the clips from being played or used in a project. I very often stop PMB before the extra files have been created as they just make a lot of clutter in my folders.