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Chief C wrote on 10/29/2006, 5:20 AM
Is there anyone that can help with the problem above?
Chienworks wrote on 10/29/2006, 7:23 AM
Possibly a long shot, but in VidCap, under Options / Preferences / General, make sure that "enable DV device control" is not checked.
Chief C wrote on 10/29/2006, 10:03 AM
Thanks for the reply, but I did that already. Doesn't it seem as though if I receive audio and video that I should be able to capture? It does the same exact thing in Screenblast Movie Studio 3.0 and Vegas Movie Studio 6.0
nfrancis1 wrote on 10/29/2006, 12:39 PM
Frustrating! Vegas 6 rarly captures for me, it 'flickers' and locks everything up. Similar problem. Found this only happens with my media center computer (Vegas 4 in std pc works). What will work is to use a cheap version of ULEAD to capture and file then pull you .avi clip into vegas. Good luck, Frank W.
rustier wrote on 10/30/2006, 9:18 AM
If you are using a capture card you may want to go ahead and use the software that came with it. VMS is designed to capture DV from a camcorder via firewire (the best)[USB can sometimes have issues with audio sync]. I don't believe it is really designed to use most capture cards - unless the card is designed to capture relatively uncompressed avi - and work with a NLE (like VMS). I have a Sony VAIO computer that captures video but I cannot use it with Vidcap (go figure) and if I want to use video capture by the factory card I have to use windows media center then jump thru a bunch of hoops converting the video file into something I can use, or I can use NERO to capture the video with the same card and import it directly. If you import as mpeg rather than avi you are going to lose some quality if you edit and then re-render. The ADVC 55 and 110 are a relatively low cost solution and most people give good reports and that needs no software. ADS also puts out a unit that gets good reports (with the newer version).

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