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Posted by Gary Eickmeier on 11/01/05 02:02
BurlingtonRoy wrote:
> Have been playing with the new Media Studio Pro 8, and love what I see. My
> one problem is with the Batch Capture program when capturing HDV (from Sony
> Z1).
>
> Creating in/out points is really easy: much neater than Premier Pro. but
> getting the program to actually capture desired clips is another story. The
> program fast forwards to int in-point , usually overshooting by a few
> seconds. Then it puts the transport into slow reverse play to (presumably)
> find the in poin. Then it goes into normal play, and captures. That, at
> least, is the plan. What it does however, is forgets to stop the slow
> reverse play until it hits the beginning of the tape: then it kicks into
> normal play, and plays until it hits the in point - and then captures. While
> it sometimes does what it is supposed to do, more often than not it does
> not, and as you can imagine with 60 oor 70 clips designated on a 60 minute
> tape it can (literally) take hours and hours just to capture a few! I have
> been solving this problem by manually watching the EDL timeing, and hitting
> PLAY a few seconds before the in point. But it would be real nice to have
> this task done (as it should be) automatically.
>
> When it does capture, the captures are perfect! (Unlike premier pro, which
> seems to like a few groups before and after a capture) Ulead is spot on.
>
> In the event that this was a computer problem I installed the program on my
> laptop, and same problem. I have even tried earlier (than the current tral
> d/l) versions.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem - and if so, any fixes, or bright ideas???
That sure is a crude way to capture video! No shot recognition? I wonder
if Scenalyzer has an HDV version out yet. That is the neatest capturing
program extant.
Gary Eickmeier
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