VidCap v Scenalyzer?

Grazie wrote on 4/27/2006, 8:49 AM

One feature that has got me all aquiver is the SCAN miniDV tape scan in 5 mins.

Just how do YOU do it?

Grazie

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rextilleon wrote on 4/27/2006, 10:02 AM

Grazie---You merely go under the capture menu and select create 5 minute index--Scenalyzer will go through the whole tape and break it into clips---Then you chose the ones you want to capture by checking the boxes. I assume thats what you were asking?

Tinle wrote on 4/27/2006, 10:20 AM

Grazie,

One good way to get to know Scenalyzer is to go to File - Options - All Settings and rummage through the parameters that are available. If there are more than "Yes/No, On/Off"choices, a click on a given item will open it to show you the range of choices for that option .

Cheers,

Tinle

johnmeyer wrote on 4/27/2006, 10:28 AM

Grazie,

The Scenalyzer scan feature captures the whole tape in five minutes by putting your camera in Play Fast Forward mode. The capture time depends on the speed at which your camera plays when you press the fast forward button. Scenalyzer is able to capture timecode and therefore create separate files for each timecode break. Even though the video is very low res, you can quickly scrub through these low-res versions, decide which ones you really want, select those, and then tell Scenalyzer to go back and do a normal capture of the tape, but only of the portions you really want.

It is a neat feature, but really only useful if you need only a very low percentage of video on a given tape. Based on my experience, that percentage needs to be pretty low (probably well under 30%) before the overhead of the extra capture, and the need to work with low-res proxies makes it worthwhile.

However, if you have some old tapes, and you haven't logged everything that they contain, and you are looking for a needle in a haystack, then this feature is worth its weight in gold (as are dozens of other features in this marvelous program). Andi (the author) really understands the capture problem, has listened to his customers, and has stayed close to the market. It really shows. This is a program that EVERYONE should own.

Even though I posted this in your other thread, here it is again:

Scenalyzer Features

riredale wrote on 4/27/2006, 6:29 PM

I am hoping that Andreas ports the program over to HDV, though I doubt he will. Meanwhile, HDVSplit is gradually getting more like SCLive.