Good software to capture with?? at DVinfo.net

Hagop Matossian · July 13th, 2003, 09:16 AM

Hiya

I've been editing DV on my PC for a year now and have become really sick of the way Premiere often loses communication with my camera in between capturing shots. I only use Premiere for capturing, I edit in After Effects.

This and other preimere annoyances have led me to wonde if anyone knows of a good software tool for capturing DV?

I don't want to have to download and install a whole new editing package, I just want a small, simple capturing program that has been tested and is reliable so it won't mess up my system or capture to dodgy files

PS... If you want to know why I hate premiere with a passion, we can discuss it on a different thread!!!

Adrian Douglas · July 13th, 2003, 10:39 AM

I use Scenalyzer and it works 100%, 100% of the time. It allows you to capture footage using either optical or timecode detection, print back to tape, extract stills, and a bunch of other useful little things. For the grand price of US$33 you can't afford not to have it.

Doug Quance · July 13th, 2003, 11:37 AM

I have Premiere and the Matrox card.

I have never tried to capture from Premiere... I have always used Matrox for capture.

Didn't your capture card contain some sort of capture software?

Rob Lohman · July 14th, 2003, 04:54 AM

Doug, a lot of people (including myself) just have a basic firewire
card. We don't have a full blown capture card (which is usually
only used for realtime effects or analog capture). Those basic
cards don't come with a "capture" utility. Scenalyzer is good
indeed. Vegas 4 comes with their own capture utility which you
might be able to use from the demo?

July 13th, 2003, 09:16 AM	#1
Hagop Matossian Woodyfang Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: London/Nicosia Posts: 125	Good software to capture with?? Hiya I've been editing DV on my PC for a year now and have become really sick of the way Premiere often loses communication with my camera in between capturing shots. I only use Premiere for capturing, I edit in After Effects. This and other preimere annoyances have led me to wonde if anyone knows of a good software tool for capturing DV? I don't want to have to download and install a whole new editing package, I just want a small, simple capturing program that has been tested and is reliable so it won't mess up my system or capture to dodgy files PS... If you want to know why I hate premiere with a passion, we can discuss it on a different thread!!!

July 13th, 2003, 10:39 AM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	I use Scenalyzer and it works 100%, 100% of the time. It allows you to capture footage using either optical or timecode detection, print back to tape, extract stills, and a bunch of other useful little things. For the grand price of US$33 you can't afford not to have it. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

July 13th, 2003, 11:37 AM	#3
Doug Quance Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 138	I have Premiere and the Matrox card. I have never tried to capture from Premiere... I have always used Matrox for capture. Didn't your capture card contain some sort of capture software? __________________ If you're not the lead dog... the scenery never changes

July 14th, 2003, 04:54 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Doug, a lot of people (including myself) just have a basic firewire card. We don't have a full blown capture card (which is usually only used for realtime effects or analog capture). Those basic cards don't come with a "capture" utility. Scenalyzer is good indeed. Vegas 4 comes with their own capture utility which you might be able to use from the demo? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors