Analog Capture in Vegas

Edward Troxel · February 25th, 2004, 09:06 AM

Turning off device controls in Vegas does nothing for making that process work in the camcorder, it just makes it possible for Vegas to ignore the fact there is no tape in the camcorder and not try to capture from tape.

Turning off device control DOES do something to make the process work. As YOU said: it just makes it possible for Vegas to ignore the fact there is no tape in the camcorder and not try to capture from tape. Definitely an important step in the process.

Guy Bruner · February 25th, 2004, 09:14 AM

No question Edward... I said "IN THE CAMCORDER" and was referring to the conversion from analog to DV. Vegas has no control over that.

Kevin Kimmell · August 23rd, 2004, 09:20 AM

I'm just wondering if anyone has gotten anywhere with this. I've never been able to use Vegas to do my analog pass throughs. I just gave up on using vegas for analog conversions and push through either my Panosonic or GL2 and use DVIO which works like a charm (unless you need to break the video up for FAT32 or can't monitor the clip for when to stop the pull.)

Edward Troxel · August 23rd, 2004, 09:26 AM

I capture pass-thru into Vegas all the time. It's not a matter of "if anyone has gotten anywhere with this", the process works and works great. Analog to my deck, deck does the A/D conversion, firewire from deck to computer, Vegas captures just fine. Only "catch" is that "Device Control" MUST be disabled or it will try to capture from tape instead of the pass-thru signal.

Kevin Kimmell · August 23rd, 2004, 09:31 AM

I'll try this on my next pull... but since device control is off, I assume this means that unless you're watching it, you'll have to clip the extra off the end as Vegas wont be aware that the end of tape is reached since there is no tape.

At least I'll be able to clip the size to accomodate FAT32.

Thanks!

-Kevin

August 23rd, 2004, 09:26 AM	#19
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I capture pass-thru into Vegas all the time. It's not a matter of "if anyone has gotten anywhere with this", the process works and works great. Analog to my deck, deck does the A/D conversion, firewire from deck to computer, Vegas captures just fine. Only "catch" is that "Device Control" MUST be disabled or it will try to capture from tape instead of the pass-thru signal. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

February 25th, 2004, 09:06 AM	#16
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Turning off device controls in Vegas does nothing for making that process work in the camcorder, it just makes it possible for Vegas to ignore the fact there is no tape in the camcorder and not try to capture from tape. Turning off device control DOES do something to make the process work. As YOU said: it just makes it possible for Vegas to ignore the fact there is no tape in the camcorder and not try to capture from tape. Definitely an important step in the process.

February 25th, 2004, 09:14 AM	#17
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	No question Edward... I said "IN THE CAMCORDER" and was referring to the conversion from analog to DV. Vegas has no control over that.

August 23rd, 2004, 09:20 AM	#18
Kevin Kimmell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 209	I'm just wondering if anyone has gotten anywhere with this. I've never been able to use Vegas to do my analog pass throughs. I just gave up on using vegas for analog conversions and push through either my Panosonic or GL2 and use DVIO which works like a charm (unless you need to break the video up for FAT32 or can't monitor the clip for when to stop the pull.)

August 23rd, 2004, 09:31 AM	#20
Kevin Kimmell Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 209	I'll try this on my next pull... but since device control is off, I assume this means that unless you're watching it, you'll have to clip the extra off the end as Vegas wont be aware that the end of tape is reached since there is no tape. At least I'll be able to clip the size to accomodate FAT32. Thanks! -Kevin