Posted by Mike Kujbida on 04/12/06 02:06

ushere wrote:
> have a client dvd disc coming from one of these cameras. anyone know
> what format it records in and whether it's importable to vegas 6?
>
> tia
>
> leslie


You lucky guy you. Now you get to experience the "joy" of the miniDVD
format.
Or as most of us call it, the editing format from hell :-)
According to the specs on the Pansonic site at http://tinyurl.com/kj52e, it
can use DVD-RAM, DVD -R or DVD -RW at recording speeds of XP, SP or LP.
XP: 9 Mbps / VBR, SP:5 Mbps / VBR, LP: 2.5 Mbps / VBR. Audio is AC3.
If the client used DVD-RAM and your computer's DVD drive can handle it,
you're OK. If your drive can't handle it, you'd better hope they used
either of the DVD- formats - and remembered to finalize it!!
As long as you have at least Vegas 6.0c, you're all set as Sony finally
added the feature to handle this media natively (video & AC3 audio). It's
under File - Import - DVD Camcorder Disc. Vegas 6.0d added scene detection
so start/stops were recognized (as opposed to one long file).
Have fun editing :-(

Mike
(who's enjoying spring at long last!!)

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