DV camera as encoder help

Ack wrote on 9/23/2006, 10:33 AM
I have a Sony TCR-DVR840 Digital-8 camera that I am trying to use to capture extrnal (to the camera) analog material via my firewire connection. Basically I want to use my camera as an encoder.

I CAN capture tapes directly from the camera.

I also see a brief flash of the analog video when I select Capture.

But I cannot figure out how to "trick" Vegas into letting me record the pass-through (or "E-to-E" as us oldtimer 2" VTR operators called it) video and audio. It wants me to load a tape.

My camera is set to pass video via the A/V setup menu.

Any ideas on how to get past this problem? So far, searching here and the Sony Vegas application help has been less than productive...

Comments

Former user wrote on 9/23/2006, 10:35 AM
This may not help, but I have a D8 camera that will not pass thru from analog to computer. It will however output to analog thru the firewire.

Not all cameras have passthru capability.

Dave T2
John_Cline wrote on 9/23/2006, 10:50 AM
Under "Options" > "Preferences" in Vegas Capture, on the "General" tab, uncheck "Enable DV Device Control."

John
DataMeister wrote on 9/23/2006, 12:41 PM
I don't own any Sony cameras, but the Canon GL2 has a menu option in the camera which you have to enable to use it as a pass through encoder.

riredale wrote on 9/23/2006, 4:13 PM
As mentioned, many Sony cameras won't allow passthrough. Also, I think "all" European cameras won't allow passthrough, because they then get classified as VCRs and are subject to a higher tariff. Or at least that was the case a few years back.

There are websites that show European users how to enable passthrough.
farss wrote on 9/23/2006, 4:30 PM
If the camera will let you set A/V -> DV in the menu then it's a pretty good bet that yes it will do that. Advice above is correct, you need to disable DV Device Control in Vidcap and obviously DV Scene Detection isn't going to work too well either, so turn that off.

Bob.
Ack wrote on 9/24/2006, 6:21 AM
John:

Under "Options" > "Preferences" in Vegas Capture, on the "General" tab, uncheck "Enable DV Device Control."

That did it!

I knew it was something simple. Thanks!