multilayer editing

videomom2 wrote on 10/2/2010, 9:54 AM
I need to edit two videos from the same event the first video is on a high 8 tape other digital from canon fs10 I need to combine both videos into one production using different angles. I want to use audio from one camera but some of the scenes from the high 8 video. Does anyone know how I can do this and keep the sound in sink with the action? On a time line need it done yesterday.

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MSmart wrote on 10/3/2010, 12:12 PM
your multi cam editing question was answered in your other thread...

HERE
richard-amirault wrote on 10/3/2010, 5:11 PM
That isn't the same question as before.

This one has an *analog* tape and a digital tape. Before you can do multi-cam editing in Vegas you need to import that analog video.

Hmmm .. wait a sec .. you actually said it was on a Hi 8 tape. You didn't say if it was digital or analog. Digital 8 camcorders use regular Hi 8 tape to record digital video. So it could be either analog or digital.

You need to find a camcorder that will play that Hi 8 tape. If it is analog it needs to be converted to digital. If it's digital it needs to be imported into Vegas.
MSmart wrote on 10/4/2010, 5:17 PM
That isn't the same question as before.

Maybe, but she didn't say anything about needing help getting it onto her computer. I assumed both were already loaded.
videomom2 wrote on 10/9/2010, 7:13 AM
I have not loaded the Hi- 8 the person doing the hi-8 lost the cords so I have not uploaded. Any suggestions on how to get sony to recognize the hi-8 and load properly. I have had problems uploading from my canon fs10 so I just import it from my image mixer. It would be easier to upload directly into sony if I can get the program to upload from camera.
KenJ62 wrote on 10/9/2010, 10:49 AM
I do this all the time. Hi-8 is "analog" video and you will need to convert analog to "digital" for use in your video editor. So you need an analog to digital (A/D) converter. I use a separate hardware device to do this, the ADS Pyro AV Link. Canopus and DataVideo make similar consumer devices.

But you may already have a built-in A/D converter available to you which could save some bucks. Some videocameras can be set to an analog input mode using the A/D converter already inside the unit. If you can get an older "Digital 8" videocamera, primarily made by Sony but also a few others, they will play back Digital 8, Hi-8 and regular 8mm analog tapes directly into your PC via a Firewire connection.

As an after thought, some people may recommend an analog capture card for your PC - not recommended - too many problems getting good video. HTH.

-=Ken=-
richard-amirault wrote on 10/9/2010, 4:27 PM
Hi-8 is "analog" video...

A Hi-8 *camcorder* is analog. She has a Hi-8 *tape*. Not the same thing.

Digital 8 camcorders record digital video on standard Hi-8 tapes. There is no way but just looking at the tape to know if the video is analog or digital. She did not shoot it, so she does not know, for sure, if it is analog or digital.