Kris,

Thanks for the wanring. I sure was abuot to get a DV500 myself. Could
you give some more tips on this convertor from Sony. Is this some
Analog to DV convertor?

Thanks,

Jason

Kris Blom wrote:
>>Do not load DV500 drivers on same PC as VV. Repeat, DO NOT LOAD
>>DV500 DRIVERS ON SAME PC AS VV. I tried what you are talking about
>>and it cost me a month of pure hell. VV will not render to NTSC DV
>>correctly as long as the Pinnacle DV500 CODECS are on your computer.
>>They automatically over-ride any VV output setting and you will end
>>up with worthless crap. When they tell you the card must be OHCI---
>>BELIEVE THEM. The DV500 and associated CODECS are propriatary and
>>suck. I am capturing all analog to a Panasonic PV-DV600 first, then
>>on to the PC with a ADS Pyro IEEE card ($75.00 and throw away the
>>software that comes with it) and VV Capture program. Works great
>>everytime. If your camera doesn't capture analog, Sony sells a
>>converter for $400.00 that supposingly works great.
>>Good Luck
>>
>>edward natale wrote:
>>>>which capture cards are all of you using alongside vegas
>>>>video? im currently using a sony vaio with the built in
>>>>firewaire but im looking into upgrading to something with
>>>>firewire and analog in and out.. ive looked into the dv500
>>>>from pinnacle but it comes with premiere 5.1 which i cant
>>>>stand... i know that i could just not install the program ,
>>>>but im paying for it with the 800 dollar pricetag for the
>>>>dv500... any bare capture cards with only capturing
>>>>software on the market that work well with vegas video?
>>>>
>>>>thanks
>>>>- eddie -