DV Capture

TVeith wrote on 6/12/2002, 3:31 PM
Hello!

Is there a setting anywhere during capture of DV footage that will automatically stop capture when the end of all scenes has been detected?

Often I record about half a tape. I then select the option in VV capture to capture all clips from beginning of tape. Unfortunately, after VV has reached the end of my clips, it continues to record blank empty footage and does not stop until the tape has ended. It would be awesome if VV could detect the end of legitimate video and stop capturing.

Thanks

TVeith

Comments

deef wrote on 6/12/2002, 3:41 PM
Not currently.

Are your tapes "striped" prior to recording?

Or are you maintaining continuous timecode as you record and only recording half the tape?
TVeith wrote on 6/13/2002, 7:23 AM
ummmm, speak English please!!! :)

I'm not sure what "striping" is, I'm kinda new to DV editing as I've upgraded from analogue recently.

Generally, I tape as much footage as I can when I go somewhere, then I get it from the camcorder to computer when I have time rather than let it build up to the end of a tape.

It would be an awesome upgrade idea for Vegas Video to consider some type of "end of recording recognition"...although I guess this may not be possible because there may be some left over scenes it would recognize as new video.

Thanks

TVeith
Tyler.Durden wrote on 6/13/2002, 9:24 AM
FWIW,

Striping refers to recording black on an entire tape prior to shooting or editing. This provides continuous TC and video signal, even past your last shot.

You could then enter an outpoint in Advanced Capture to stop the session.

(This process has been used widely in analog editing too.)


HTH, MPH