video capture and capture card compatibility

Victorious wrote on 9/29/2001, 2:49 PM
I have a Pinnacle DC10 plus capture card...it's pretty much the low end of Pinnacle gear. When I open Sonic Foundry Video Capture and try to select my capture card in the video pull down menu it shows my card but won't let me select it...and it says "Preview Turned Off" on the capture screen...

any idea what the problem could be?

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SonyEPM wrote on 10/1/2001, 8:49 AM
The Pinnacle driver is the problem. This card has caused tons of problems for Vegas users and you are advised to consider alternatives.

Best alternative: Generic OHCI 1394 card and a Sony DVMC-DA2 media converter box. That config always works.
Victorious wrote on 10/1/2001, 5:59 PM
I just purchased 2 Maxtor 1394 cards...one for my laptop and one for my desktop...I got them to hook up to my Maxtor 1394 Hard Drive...I didn't realize they made an A/D converter for FireWire...so will it be possible to use the sony A/D converter with the Maxtor cards to capture video AND have the hard drive hooked up (each Maxtor 1394 card I have has 2 connections)?
SonyEPM wrote on 10/2/2001, 9:35 AM
It is possible to use this config, however, I would advise capturing to a scsi or ide drive. Capture and write through the same 1394 card is pushing bandwidth quite a bit.

You could experiment once you get all the components in place- if you don't drop frames on capture to the 1394 drive, you are all set. Much depends on the system capabilities, so I wouldn't count on this being the optimum scenario until you test it on your particular setup.
Victorious wrote on 10/8/2001, 5:43 PM
After doing some tests it seems that capturing (1st port on my Maxtor 1394 card) and writing to my Maxtor external HD (2nd port on 1394 card) works perfect...in fact I tried to capture to my internal IDE and it kept on dropping frames...I'm using a PIII 600 laptop with 128mb RAM...I've also been using my new Sony DVMC-DA2 to capture from my analog camcorder which has also been working nicely...I'm about to test it out for external monitoring...I'll keep the folks on the forum posted...
Leonard wrote on 10/8/2001, 10:22 PM
I'm also using a DC10+ and it works just fine. I'm using 1.06 drivers. Timeline playback to external monitor works too by the way. I'm not sure what you're seeing when you say you can't select the DC10 card. In capture when I click on video, I see a black dot beside the DC10+ card, with 3 options below it for format, source, and display. When capture first starts it says "preview is disabled" in the window, but it disappears after I open an existing capture project or start a new one.
Victorious wrote on 10/9/2001, 4:48 PM
the strange thing about the DC10+ card is that SF VidCap doesn't recognize it but Premiere's video capture does...so I captured a bunch of video using premiere and just imported the clips to Vegas and they worked fine...BUT, then I tried to transfer some of my clips to my laptop and Vegas only recognized the audio...no video whatsoever...it's strange...I think it has something to do with not having the pinnacle drivers on my laptop or something...anyhow, it really doesn't matter anymore because I've upgraded both my desktop and laptop with 1394 cards...a world of difference...
RJLumitex wrote on 1/28/2002, 11:25 AM
Maybe slightly off-topic . . .
I was a registered Vid Factory and accepted the VV3.0 upgrade offer and bought the software.
This began the typical obsolescence trail which in recent times has sped up!

To run VV3.0, I had to upgrade my OS from Win98 to Win2K, and distressingly watched as one by one my system devices & some "legacy" software fell by the wayside as to Win2K incompatibility . . .

Shorten this long story already!! - OK

I was using a Pinnacle DC10+ analog in/out card for video/TV capture with Win98 but it suffered the no support for Win2K syndrome.(we're all waiting for drivers for this card now from Pinnacle)

I do all my creative editing in the Vid Factory (& now the VV3.0) and output to an uncompressed AVI file.
Then I open up the Studio DC10+ (v1.06) and open the AVI in that editor to output to tape.

My question is do I need the Pinnacle Software at all?

It seems the DC10+ card is run by the Studio 1.06 software.

How do I (if possible) print to tape thru the DC10+ directly from VV3.0 to my analog VCR?

Thanks for your time,

RJ Hagler
High Risk Studios
Cleveland - USA