VidCap vs HDVSplit vs ???

Kimberly wrote on 11/26/2010, 8:56 PM

Hello Everyone:

What are you all using for your HDV capture in Vegas Pro 10?

In Movie Studio 9 I was using the built-in VicCap to capture my HDV footage, and I always ended up with a few frames of the next scene tacked onto the current scene.

I gather HDVSplit doesn't do this. How does Vegas Pro 10 fare in this regard? I also read a post about someone using Scene Analyzer . . . I'm a recent convert to Pro 10 and I won't have a chance to test the VicCap firsthand for another week or so.

Kimberly

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PeterDuke wrote on 11/27/2010, 4:59 AM

I always use HDVsplit for HDV capture because it names each clip according to shooting date and time. I haven't noticed any problems with it.

I think Scenalyzer only works for DV AVI unless it has been updated since I last looked at it. Also I think Scenalyzer Live is not free but Scenalyzer and HDVsplit are.

BRC wrote on 11/27/2010, 5:22 AM

I have used the Vegas Pro 10 VidCap utilities - different for each of HDV and DV (or simply HD and SD) - without observing any of the problem that you indicate.

I captured a 68 scene HDV about 6 weeks ago (just returned to editing it) and all seems well. Yesterday I captured a short DV sequence of only about 6 scenes and, again, all seems well.

Others may have experienced issues, for various reasons, but given the specs of your editing machine - with the possible exception of Vista - you should be okay. Give it a try.

My reservation on Vista is that after seeing others attempts with it I decided against upgrading to it - I am still using XP 32 bit (SP3) with only 2gb RAM. This is much the same as when I first moved to Vegas Pro 8 and through 9 to 10. All seemed to have worked fine with my system, although I admit AVCHD footage editing does suffer from my relatively low spec machine - not the final edit but the editing process is somewhat slow.

Rob Franks wrote on 11/27/2010, 5:58 AM

"and I always ended up with a few frames of the next scene tacked onto the current scene. "

I use HDVsplit because I have both seen and experienced your problem as well with one of my little Sony cams.

Randy Brown wrote on 11/27/2010, 6:34 AM

"and I always ended up with a few frames of the next scene tacked onto the current scene. "

Also with a Canon XHA1 and an HV40

Kimberly wrote on 11/27/2010, 7:57 AM

Thanks for the good info everyone.

I have Vista on a Dell Core Duo laptop with 4mb of RAM. It does surprisingly well given that it's a couple of years old and just a middle of the road model.

I have only used the VidCap utility in Vegas Movie Studio. I remember that DV capture was a different utility than HDV capture. When I was shooting DV, I don't think I had the extra frames on the each of each clip . . . but when I switched to HD, I noticed the extra frames right away. Very annoying but not a show stopper.

It would be great if the Pro 10 HDV capture utility doesn't have that problem. I will try it as soon as I get my camera stuff handy. I like to avoid that bloaty feeling of having lots of programs that I don't really use, but I may just download the HDVSplit and give it a try too.