Does typing the file name listed in clip explorer into the Windows search box help?

Musicvid, yes firewire. I know the clips are there somewhere on my hard drive because I can play them from the "clip explorer". But no matter where I look in my files, they don't exist.

And wjauch, yes I did type the file name but to no avail.

My next step will be to uninstall VP13 and reinstall back to factory settings and start capturing all over.

Open the capture program and look in the settings. Somewhere it the settings it will say where the default save location is. If they're on the "Project Media" tab in Vegas, right-click it and choose "Properties". Go to the "General" tab to see the full path.

Hello jetdv. No luck with any search. What a mystery! I can play the clips from the clip explorer capture file but cannot move them into my project media or find them under any search. They are there somewhere but inaccessible. I will reinstall Vegas and see if that works. My previously captured vids should remain on in my documents list. Thank you so much for your help.

Are you running VidCap from within Vegas or as a standalone? If you are running it withing VEgas, once they are in your Vegas project, you should be able to rightclick on the thumbnail in the Media pool and select EXPLORE CONTAINING FOLDER and have it reveal the folder it is stored in.

Yes, from within Vegas. I reinstalled and still no change. When I begin a capture, there is no progress window as there once was but I can see the clips loading into the "Clip Explorer" window. And when I stop the playback, a window appears that confirms the capture was successful. I cannot move the files into my "Project Media" list to get them onto the timeline, nor find the files no matter what I do. When I click on a "Media Pool" file, there is no selection for "Explore Containing Folder". I have gone through every last file on my drives and none has the clips I need. I'm completely flummoxed because I just know I must have done something stupid by accident.

I would guess it is not actually capturing. Have you captured successfully previously? You might need to change the driver for the Firwire. You should be using the Legacy drivers.

I've been successfully capturing up till a few days ago. The clips are somewhere on one of my drives because I can play them back from the Clip Explorer. They're not playing back from the tape deck. But I can't find the file location anywhere even though I've set the location before capturing. I can't move the files from the Clip Explorer window anywhere else so I'm unable to use them. I also tried batch capture but it said my timecode doesn't match so it wouldn't cap. I do appreciate your attention to the matter. I suppose my next step is to try it on VP 18 but I'm afraid of messing up my new upgrade. Could be time to go Avid maybe. Thank you so much.

I've been successfully capturing up till a few days ago.

Windows Update problem?

EricLNZ, I did not consider that. Thank you. I'm using an older desktop with that hideous Windows 8. Will try to update, maybe buy a new OS. I really like Vegas mostly because it's the only edit software I've used. But some glitches are very frustrating. I suppose, however, that other editors aren't without their problems.

EricLNZ, Windows is up to date, firewire too. I've gone through and compared all preferences, they check out, and I still can't find where Vegas is storing my captured files. So I can't move any files into my Project Media, and can't edit anymore.

Am puzzled that you can capture but not see / find files. Maybe use an external (to vegas) capture program. Sceneanalyser (for SD), HDVcapture(for HDV). Once installed you should see your capture device in the Windows device manager. You should also get an audible 'ping when the capture device/camera is connected. Cannot remember if same applies to vegas capture. If this works you can capture to any directory you set. Again from memory vegas capture always worked.

Here's where you tell the capture program from VP13 where to place the captured files. What does it say there?

jetdv, Under “Path” there are three paths labelled C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro13.0, then the name of the file I’m capturing. All names are the same because I’ve tried recapturing. I check-marked one of the paths. Below that, size and overflow are the same at 640 and 360 but beneath that, where it says “Current selected device, it says “No Capture Device”.

DiverG, I'm using a borrowed Sony HDV playback deck that goes with my old Sony FX1 camera. A burglar at my office busted my camera transport. I guess he was trying to figure out how to use the camera before stealing it. Though tape is old tech, I love that camera so I have it in for repair right now. The odd thing is, I can only get the capture in DV from the deck, not HDV. But capture was working well for the past few weeks, then everything went kaplooey. I will try to download another capture program. Then I should be able to transfer the files. Thank you.

jetdv, I might be making progress with your suggestion. Though I hate messing with directories, I did change the destination drive back to my desktop from my flash drives, and I see my new captures there. After I'd set my destination captures to my flash drives, everything worked well until it didn't, so I think I must have accidentally entered something unrecognizable in one of the fields. However, I still can't find the file where all my previous captures ended up. They're eating up a whole lot of my SSD space so I suppose I'll have to delete them all and start over. Thank you for your help. 😀

Then it should be capturing to C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro13.0 which is NOT a good place to capture to. You should definitely change that setting. Glad to hear that seems to be helping.

Did you look in C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro13.0 to see if your previous captures are there?