Printing to Video Tape

JohnI wrote on 9/7/2002, 11:55 AM
I'm trying to get my projects out of VV3 to video tape and facing several problems - some already reported to this Forum. The latest issue you folks can probably help with is Capture/Print to Tape. I'm trying to use this facility to print finished files to tape. I can control the vtr to cue it. However when I press "Print to Tape" the video plays in the computer screen but no action in the vtr. I have tried with two different vtr's/camcorders both of which work just fine when switched to the same operation in Adobe-Premiere. I really like Vegas but getting the stuff out to tape is proving a pain compared to Premiere. I must be missing something! Thanks John I

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wcoxe1 wrote on 9/7/2002, 2:23 PM
I believe that there are two things you have to check.

Somewhere this is a setting that lets you tell VV3 to control the VTR or Camcorder from the screen.

ALSO, and this may be the hard part, your camcorder or VTR has to allow itself to be controlled that way. Not all do.

I had both these problems a good while ago, and have forgotten the specifics, but once I set things properly and chose the right recording device everything worked well. Then I forgot the details.
salad wrote on 9/7/2002, 5:42 PM
Right click anywhere in the Vidcap window and select PREFERENCES. The first item on the list is "Enable DV device ctrl".........try disabling that feature.
In the VidCap window, click VIDEO up on top, and select your device, you can also click OPTIONS and click "Reconnect to current device".
Even turning the camera off and back on doesn't hurt, but close the vidcap window first.

A reboot, between having Premiere open with cam plugged in/powered up, and opening VV vidcap/PTT, doesn't hurt. I'm a rebootaholic....sorry for throwing that that option in.
I once had a prob with my device not being recognized at all, but an uninstall/reinstall fixed it. I blamed the problem on having Adobe Premiere installed, but I don't know about that. However, there's nothing wrong with an uninstall/reinstall (once), especially when there are other video capture applications onboard, or if you've made any hardware/software/driver etc changes or updates.
JohnI wrote on 9/7/2002, 8:25 PM
Thanks for the comments. The 1394 device control seems to be rather hit and miss. DV capture and 1394 control works fine on 2 cameras and one vtr (all Sony). Recording from the timeline to tape works on one and not the other. Recording a pre-rendered file to tape doesn't work at all (no control of the decks). All work ok with Premiere. This inconsistency confirms in my mind that the VV3 1394 control software could use an update. John I