deco_martini
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I just got back from the Coz where I took 8 tapes worth of DV footage on my new Sony HC42 with Ikelite housing. I am new to underwater video so I didn't realize that capturing would be such a pita.
First I tried the Sony software that came with the camera. It had a 32 bit file size limit and moreover had trouble with with a tape that had many segments on it.
I tried the capture program in Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus. Ulead didn't like the 16:9 format I recorded in and the DV Quick Scan mandatory step just added more time to the process. I also don't like how it created multiple clips.
I tried using the capture utility in windows movie maker. I really didn't care much for this one either.
I tried WinDV but found it lacking for simply ripping tape.
Finally I tried Sony Vegas. Bundled with Sony Vegas is a "Sony Video Capture" utility (I made a shortcut to the binary to keep from starting Vegas just to rip tapes). This guy is a great product. I didn't have to tell it that I recorded in 16:9. It also had good timestamp clip creation and has a dropped frame counter.
I'm four tapes through my cozumel footage so hopefully I'll be going through the battle of figuring out which editing program ticks me off least soon.
First I tried the Sony software that came with the camera. It had a 32 bit file size limit and moreover had trouble with with a tape that had many segments on it.
I tried the capture program in Ulead VideoStudio 10 Plus. Ulead didn't like the 16:9 format I recorded in and the DV Quick Scan mandatory step just added more time to the process. I also don't like how it created multiple clips.
I tried using the capture utility in windows movie maker. I really didn't care much for this one either.
I tried WinDV but found it lacking for simply ripping tape.
Finally I tried Sony Vegas. Bundled with Sony Vegas is a "Sony Video Capture" utility (I made a shortcut to the binary to keep from starting Vegas just to rip tapes). This guy is a great product. I didn't have to tell it that I recorded in 16:9. It also had good timestamp clip creation and has a dropped frame counter.
I'm four tapes through my cozumel footage so hopefully I'll be going through the battle of figuring out which editing program ticks me off least soon.