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slambubba wrote on 4/19/2005, 5:57 AM
anyone want to take 30 seconds away from reading V6 threads to help a hobbiest out?
BrianStanding wrote on 4/19/2005, 10:53 AM
My understanding and experience is that the .sfvidcap files must be in the same directory as your project file, if you want "recapture offline media" to work.

Keep 'em. They're pretty small.
slambubba wrote on 4/28/2005, 9:18 PM
i decided to experiment on a project that i never saved any .sfvidcap files. i deleted a couple of clips off the hard drive and opened the project. it asked if i wanted to recapture offline media and i said yes. it fired up vidcap and asked me to insert the needed tape. it recaptured the media and all was well.

so, i wonder what the .sfvidcap files are good for? i'm going to save them in the future since they're small.
Grazie wrote on 4/28/2005, 10:55 PM
"i decided to experiment on a project that i never saved any .sfvidcap files." - There goes your tape name reference!

"i deleted a couple of clips off the hard drive and opened the project. it asked if i wanted to recapture offline media and i said yes." These clips will have recorded info about the media length and codes.


"it fired up vidcap and asked me to insert the needed tape." Guess you remebered the tape name - huh? Your un-saved VidCap file wouldn't have been able to! Your saved one would have!

"it recaptured the media and all was well." - Well you KNEW which tape to use. My last project I had some 35 x 1 hour tapes? Now I guess I could have made a stab at which one too. But I could also get it wrong - VidCap for that project would have saved the day. It would have told me to put the CORRECT tape in the machine.

"so, i wonder what the .sfvidcap files are good for?"

* - Which Tape to Insert

* - Which "capture" directory for THAT project

* - What settings last used - Device Enbale etc . . but maybe these are global rather than project specific.

* - All the Project specific settings


"i'm going to save them in the future since they're small." - Well, rather you should have a need to do this, not JUST beause they are small!

I'd invite you to save these "tiny" files, only if you have a need to. Try thinking of renaming them as something trhat makes sense for you. I tend to name them by their global Veg project name OR better the client's Invoice name! That always gives me a clue - hah!

Try thinking them as a Word Document. You would NOT keep saving the default Word.doc - would you? You would rename it AS something? Something that has relevance TO the project. Think of a named VidCap file as a Word Template . . once you've created it, you now have a Template for saving for THAT project - yeah? Then save OTHER VidCap Sessions as NEW named projects.

I hope I have shown you the VALUE and some reasons for saving specific VidCap sessions in the future?

Best regards,

Grazie