Video capture problem

Bigeee wrote on 11/14/2007, 11:19 PM
Trying to capture HD video from HDR-SR1 using Vegas Pro 8, can't get Vegas to recognize my camcorder. If I capture using the software that came with Camcorder, Handycam picture motion browser.it will work fine.The problem is, I can only use my raw footage on sony vegas software, or am I wrong please help!!. I want to be able to use my footage in adobe after effects also. I can't get after effects to read MODD File. What am I missing? Thanks

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farss wrote on 11/15/2007, 12:09 AM
Which version of AE??
Support for the AVCHD codec is slow to roll out and it's still a big CPU hog to decode. You could render out of Vegas to a codec that AE does support and also make certain you have the latest version and updates for AE.

Even if you do get it to work natively in AE I'd kind of be thinking a less CPU hogging codec might make your AE experience more rewarding.

BTW, as far as I know you don't capture from this HDD based camcorder, you import the file(s).

Sorry if I'm a bit vague, never tried one of these cameras so maybe someone who has one will chime in with more specific info, I'm just winging it.

Bob.
Marco. wrote on 11/15/2007, 12:16 AM
You can't "capture" from a SR1. It's just a copy process. So in Vegas you should use the Vegas Explorer and navigate to the folder where the .mts files are in there. The camera itself is shown as a hard disc drive in the Vegas Explorer. Better you copy the files to a PC hard disc drive before so Vegas needn't write its .sfk files into the camera.

Beware you can't use clips larger than a certain amount. The camera has a file size limit of 2 GB and when shooting and exceeding the file size limit the camera automatically breaks the file into 2 GB chunks. But if you gonna use such 2 GB files in apps like Vegas them will probabably crash the app. The 2 GB chunks must be combined together again before using them outside the camera. This is what Sony Picture Motion Browser does (further than only renaming the files extension).

So for smaller files you can use them directly in Vegas just by copying the files. But for longer clips are should use the Picture Motion Browser anyway.

Marco
Bigeee wrote on 11/15/2007, 11:13 AM
Now I can get some sleep, it makes alot of sense.
I'm using AE CS3 and want to enhance my videos, but don't know what format to use that will read my videos from vegas Pro 8.
rs170a wrote on 11/15/2007, 11:36 AM
Uncompressed AVI is the usual recommendation for a format to feed to AE.

Mike
Bigeee wrote on 11/15/2007, 1:33 PM
Mike, thanks a million