How to set up Cinform capture presets? at DVinfo.net

Greg Kubitschek · October 25th, 2010, 04:10 PM

I am running CS5 5.2.0 on trhe current Cineform 4K release. Hd Link works fine capturing HDV footage and allowing CS5 to edit it. However, inside Premiere, I do not have the "Cineform" selection under capture presets in the capture window.

I use an AJA card sometimes for monitoring, but all I have available is DV, HDV and the AJA capture. HDV gives me a simple non-cineform Mpeg aand the AJA doesn't work unless my intial Premiere Project settings are under AJA.

Any suggestions as to what I am missing would be helpful!

Greg Kubitschek · October 26th, 2010, 10:45 AM

70 some reads and no helpful feedback?

Bill Bryant · October 26th, 2010, 11:59 AM

I could be wrong but I believe you capture from camera using the Cineform HDLink standalone application not the capture function built into Premiere.

Adam Gold · October 26th, 2010, 12:02 PM

Are you using a Cineform project preset? If so, Cineform Capture should be visible. If not, it wouldn't be -- at least in the versions I've used.

Edit: Haven't used Cineform in a while, so I just loaded up the latest version of Neo 4K and created a new Cineform project in Premiere, and what do you know... the Cineform HDV Capture and Cineform Device Control settings in the Premiere Capture Window that I was used to seeing in the past are gone. So I'm of absolutely no use to you as I am as stumped as you are.

Looks like Bill's right; you must capture using HDLink rather than Premiere.

Greg Kubitschek · October 26th, 2010, 01:51 PM

Thanks for the responses - and thanks Adam for actually trying it out on your system! I have been a big user of Cineform and Premiere for years, and this was a real stumper. I wish I knew more details of the software changes that get made through time. Odd, Anyway, thanks a lot for checking it out and not having me feel I was starting to lose it!

Adam Gold · October 26th, 2010, 02:15 PM

Maybe David will weigh in and tell us what we are both doing wrong... or if this is a new "Design Feature."

October 25th, 2010, 04:10 PM	#1
Greg Kubitschek Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 34	How to set up Cinform capture presets? I am running CS5 5.2.0 on trhe current Cineform 4K release. Hd Link works fine capturing HDV footage and allowing CS5 to edit it. However, inside Premiere, I do not have the "Cineform" selection under capture presets in the capture window. I use an AJA card sometimes for monitoring, but all I have available is DV, HDV and the AJA capture. HDV gives me a simple non-cineform Mpeg aand the AJA doesn't work unless my intial Premiere Project settings are under AJA. Any suggestions as to what I am missing would be helpful!

October 26th, 2010, 12:02 PM	#4
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Are you using a Cineform project preset? If so, Cineform Capture should be visible. If not, it wouldn't be -- at least in the versions I've used. Edit: Haven't used Cineform in a while, so I just loaded up the latest version of Neo 4K and created a new Cineform project in Premiere, and what do you know... the Cineform HDV Capture and Cineform Device Control settings in the Premiere Capture Window that I was used to seeing in the past are gone. So I'm of absolutely no use to you as I am as stumped as you are. Looks like Bill's right; you must capture using HDLink rather than Premiere. __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error." Last edited by Adam Gold; October 26th, 2010 at 12:49 PM.

October 26th, 2010, 02:15 PM	#6
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	Maybe David will weigh in and tell us what we are both doing wrong... or if this is a new "Design Feature." __________________ "It can only be attributable to human error... This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error."

October 26th, 2010, 10:45 AM	#2
Greg Kubitschek Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 34	70 some reads and no helpful feedback?

October 26th, 2010, 11:59 AM	#3
Bill Bryant Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Bay Shore, NY Posts: 30	I could be wrong but I believe you capture from camera using the Cineform HDLink standalone application not the capture function built into Premiere.

October 26th, 2010, 01:51 PM	#5
Greg Kubitschek Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 34	Thanks for the responses - and thanks Adam for actually trying it out on your system! I have been a big user of Cineform and Premiere for years, and this was a real stumper. I wish I knew more details of the software changes that get made through time. Odd, Anyway, thanks a lot for checking it out and not having me feel I was starting to lose it!