Off-beat Capture Problem.

Quryous wrote on 3/27/2005, 4:51 PM
Using the latest download of Vegas, I just tried a project for my sister. She had taped a program off TV for her children, but the ads are VERY objectional for children. Fact is, they are objectionable for adults, at least in this household.

So, I was going to edit them out.

The First Capture looked fine in preview AS it captured but when finished, it was VERY pixelated.

I tried it again, it looked fine DURING capture, and it was pixelated, again, but very different from the first time. This time I could make out figures.

So, I tried it, again. This time it worked perfectly.

No changes were made between ANY of the captures, but twice it failed, and finally it worked.

Then, of course, I had the next tape in the sequence.

First one failed, Second one failed, I am HOPING that the third one, which is captureing at this time, will work.

Any idea why the success when there are so many failures?

I am using the same capture settings as I normally do, and normally I don't have problems. This is the first off-air VHS tape I have ever tried to work with. I captured it to a Sony Mini-DV Camcorder, and then captured that to PC using Vegas Capture, as described, above.

How can I avoid this problem. It LOOKs fine while capturing, so I don't know if it fails until after I have spent all that time making a capture.

This is BORING. Sure wish there was a 4 x capture, or maybe 8 x , or how about 16X? I could go for instantaneous, too. Looking forward to solid state.

Comments

Liam_Vegas wrote on 3/27/2005, 4:57 PM
Are you <certain> it is really pixellated? What are your settings for your internal Vegas preview monitor? Try it at Best/Full.

When Vegas captures video from a Mini-DV tape/camera via firewire it is a digital copy of exactly what is on the tape... so in essense there is NO additional quality settings that will alter the result of the capture.
Quryous wrote on 3/28/2005, 11:13 AM
I put it on the timeline and played it back into both the preview window (various settings) and an external monitor. It WAS pixelated. VERY!
SeaJohn wrote on 3/28/2005, 12:05 PM
When you select the clip in the media pool, what does Vegas report its properties as? 720x480x24, 29.97, or something that looks closer to PAL? (I'm assuming you're wanting NTSC)

Vegas has a capture bug that sometimes identifies captures as PAL instead of NTSC.
Liam_Vegas wrote on 3/28/2005, 12:15 PM
After checking the properties of the clip (per SeaJohn) perhaps you could find somewhere to post a couple of stills from the clips (make sure preview monitor is set to Best/Full).

trying to HELP!