i-Link capturing in MPEG-2 format?

cfgolf85 wrote on 10/16/2002, 11:30 PM

I have a Sony TRV-340 Digital8 camcorder. I have VF 2.0 with MPEG-2 rendering. When I use the i-link cable to capture to VF, will it be in MPEG-2 format or something else that I have to render to mpeg-2? Also, How good of video quality does VF capture with the IEE 1394 interface? What settings should I use to get the best capture quality?

Thanks, Cody

Comments

miketree wrote on 10/17/2002, 2:47 AM

The quality of capture is great. You get exactly what's on the camera. It's captured in dv-avi format, which you can edit as you wish & then export as mpeg2 or other format.

Chienworks wrote on 10/17/2002, 7:13 AM

There are no settings to worry about. Using i-Link isn't really a capture so much as it's just transferring the digital video file from the camcorder to the hard drive. You end up with a bit-for-bit copy of what was on the tape. Can't get any better quality than that!

cfgolf85 wrote on 10/17/2002, 6:21 PM

Great!

Thanks for all your help.

CraigF wrote on 10/19/2002, 12:43 PM

Don't know if anyone has told you yet, but the file you end up with will be an AVI. The DV AVI will be 13GB for every hour, so I hope you have a good amount of storage space available.

I bought an 80GB drive primarily for video work.

:)

Craig

adam_antony wrote on 6/12/2004, 5:35 PM

Is there a way to capture a digital tape in fast speed as opposed to to real time in Vegas? I have a Sony TRV-340 and I remember a friend telling me that when he had Vegas 4 (pre-Sony) he was able to get fast capture speed tranfser of the tapes. After he upgraded to Vegas 5 he was not able to and everything was in real time. I tried my camcorder with his computer and it was in real time. I want to get Vegas 5 for myself and was hoping that I could get some info if the fast speed transfer is possible.
Thanks
Adam

IanG wrote on 6/13/2004, 2:28 PM

I'd be very surprised if it was possible without special equipment - the camera can only play back at real time.

Ian G.