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GlennChan wrote on 4/11/2009, 11:52 AM
Reformat the external drive as NTFS if you are running into the 2GB file limit with FAT32. If your files go up to the 2GB limit, you may have trouble saving markers into the files.

2- It could also be scene detection that is causing so many clips. I find scene detection to be desirable.
RalphM wrote on 4/11/2009, 3:32 PM
I think it's a 4GByte file limit for FAT 32 - somewhere around 17 - 18 minutes of HDV or DV25. Still sounds like more of a scene detection issue in there as well.
Chienworks wrote on 4/11/2009, 3:39 PM
Right, 4GB for FAT32.

M2T files are probably about 20 to 25 minutes for 4GB, so if the splits were due to that it would be 68 to 85 hours of video. That's a lotta capturing!

I vote for scene detection too.
farss wrote on 4/11/2009, 4:37 PM
Other possibility. The drive is connected via USB. Not saying USB will not work but I've traced some funky Vegas problems back to the use of USB drives.

Bob.
OGUL wrote on 4/12/2009, 6:15 AM
Thanks to all! I really appreciate your help!
This afternoon I made a test!
External hard drive is not connected! Only my Vaio, HC9e and the original i-link cable which came with the camcorder!
It resulted the same thing!
A file of 11 GB which consists of 184 clips!
So at the point I have to ask if "scene detection" can be overrided or adjusted!

Maybe I can not use V8 in a propre way!
I realized that when I want to capture as dv-avi file, "Sony Video Capture 6.0" opens automatically and gives more options to me! But in this case, when I want to capture as m2t, this "Sony Video Capture 6.0" is not opened??

Sorry, I forgot to mention before! When I bought this Verbatim, I first checked and saw that it was formatted as FAT 32. So, as someone who never done it before, I tried to format it as NTFS.
Right click, format. It took almost 3 hours. There was some choices like 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 but did not chose none of them as I was not knowing what they were for!
I "tried" but not sure if succeeded!

I also realized that I can capture m2t's with PE3 and UVS10. Should I make some more tests??
Laurence wrote on 4/12/2009, 6:45 AM
Just so you know, I have exactly the same issue when I try to use Vegas's HDV capture function: hundreds of tiny little clips. This happens no matter what kind of drive I set as my capture drive.

Have you tried HDVSplit?:

http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
mountainman wrote on 4/12/2009, 9:38 AM
File-Capture video- DV or HDV. Make sure to select hdv if that is what your trying to capture. When capture utility opens go to preferences and uncheck Scene detection.

Also make sure the time code is working on your camera. I think vegas uses breaks in timecode to recognize scene changes.
jm
Stringer wrote on 4/12/2009, 9:57 AM
" Right click, format. It took almost 3 hours. "

Next time - check the box that says " Quick Format " .. Will take a few seconds to complete..



As others have noted - To capture to one clip - open up ' preferences ' within the capture program and un-check " scene detection " ...
OGUL wrote on 4/12/2009, 2:42 PM
No hope:)
I found this Scene detection in the capture utility but this capture utility is only for capturing DV !??
When capturing HDV, these capture programs are not used!??
So I better remove V8 and re-install it??
Or maybe re-install it to this external hard drive??
Stringer wrote on 4/12/2009, 3:20 PM
Please don't go to problem of re-installing ..

When you open the capture utility in Vegas, there is an option to capture DV or HDV ..

Once you choose HDV, you can then set your preferences, and un-check scene detection ...

If you are having trouble doing this, I will link to some screen shots or a small video. later tonight ..
farss wrote on 4/12/2009, 3:21 PM
"Enable HDV Scene Detection" is the last tick box under the General tab of the HDV capture Preferences in V8. The icon to access the preferences is on the top at the left.

From memory it is Off by default but check it anyway.

However:

You can have this kind of issue regardless of scene detection. If you have breaks in the tape when capturing HDV the capture program has to split the video.
This can be caused by a number of things, taking the tape out of the camera, rewinding the tape, dirty head etc, etc. From my experience it's quite common to get a couple of breaks in a 60 minute tape. 200 is excessive. If it is not HDV Scene Detection causing this and single takes are being split I'd really look for something related to your camera, your tape(s) or how you are handling them physically.

Bob.
Stringer wrote on 4/12/2009, 4:30 PM
Bob,

Based on my experience it is ' on ' by default ..

I can also relate to someone having trouble finding the ' preferences ' icon, in the capture window .. Some of those things just aren't that intuitive until after-the-fact ..

It would be nice if the capture window had a " Windows " style tool bar, along the top ..

Greg
OGUL wrote on 4/13/2009, 8:38 AM
Bingo:)
File name : CaptureTemp_0001
File size : 1.27 GB (I was recording lightnings last summer.)
Many thanks to all!
I feel much better than before about V8. Feel improved.
The said box was already checked in my V8! Just made it un-checked!

One last question, about giving names! Can I name the clips before the capture process begins??
farss wrote on 4/13/2009, 1:26 PM
"Can I name the clips before the capture process begins?? "

Yes, type in whatever name you want so long as it ends in something like -01 or -001, just in case the tape gets split even though you have scene detection off.

Bob.