Only 1 second of video preview when capturing...

laer wrote on 3/24/2008, 8:51 PM
I've had this problem once in a while with Premiere too... I'm trying the capture from camera features of Vegas Pro 8, using a Canon Optura 500 MiniDV camera via firewire. The camera is recognized, and I can control it using the software. However, when I hit play, it only shows video for a second or so, then I just get the black screen.

I'm sure it's something simple, as it previously worked before in Premiere (even after previously experiencing the same problem). I'm hoping this is a common thing that someone here will recognize and be able to advise me on.

Computer: P4 2.8GHz XP Pro SP2 2Gig Ram

[NEW UPDATE]
Might be user error on this one.... but I did have a similar situation using Premiere... So, if anyone has had a similar problem and knows why, please let me know.
(I love when you figure things out literally right after posting the question!)

Comments

PeterWright wrote on 3/24/2008, 9:37 PM
If you're using Vegas's Vidcap, check under Options. Choices are:

Never Preview Video
Smart Preview Video (Show during playback but not capture)
Always Preview Video
laer wrote on 3/28/2008, 7:44 AM
Hi Peter. Thanks for the response, but it was just me being a moron... Human error ...at least with the Vegas capture... The similar Premiere capture issue was intermitant and I never really figured it out. Doesn't matter, I've switched from Premiere to Vegas now anyway. Appropriately enough, Premiere actually started to crash on loading the day I ordered Vegas. Jealous, I guess...
rmack350 wrote on 3/28/2008, 8:46 AM
Is that Adobe's "External Credit Card Data Conflict" error? ;-)

Rob
laer wrote on 6/30/2008, 11:13 AM
[Many months later...]

Damn, it happened to me again... I am trying to digitize footage from an 8mm deck, going through a miniDV cam (using it as an AV-DV converter), then into the computer via Firewire. The preview shows up for 1 second, then vanishes (blue)... Sadly, even after buying the full Vegas sotware package, I ended up using the free Windows Movie Maker to digitize!

But, I figured out what seems to be the problem. I have to uncheck 'Allow DV control' in the options menu for some reason. I guess if it can't get control of the miniDV (since there's no tape in it, since I'm just using it as a passthrough), it decides to just give up, rather than assuming it's still a signal, just no tape to control. Weird, as I'm not telling it to go to any timecodes or anything... just straight crash recording.
lynn1102 wrote on 6/30/2008, 2:50 PM
Laer, that is the proper procedure for what you're doing. I still get vhs tapes to work on and I capture them in Vegas going thru my pd150. I usually forget to change the setting so I have a posted note on my deck to reming me.

Lynn