3rd Party Capture Software? at DVinfo.net

Kevin King · July 1st, 2004, 01:20 AM

I'm using PPro 7.0 and having problems batch capturing, the following problems:

-Often clips are skipped because a frame of timecode is missing
-You have to leave the batch window open and active during the entire capture - deselect it (or try to work in another program) and the batch quits reporting "Cancelled by user"
-This basically needlessly ties up your edit box for hours of automated capture.

I've tried scenalizer but don't like it. I log all my clips and sort them into bins based on timecode in PPro - that is, TIMECODE, not necessarily when I hit the pause/record button, so the scene detection in scenalizer doesn't help.

I really need a simple 3rd party caputre app that will ignore missing timecode, run without the window highlighted, and import the .csv batch capture list exported from PPro. This is such a painfully simple request, but I can't find anything that does this.

Help???

Mark Jefferson · July 1st, 2004, 06:32 AM

The best software I've found for capturing is ScenalyzerLive. It cost $39 and you can download a trial version for free from www.scenalyzer.com

Paul Tauger · July 1st, 2004, 11:18 AM

I'll second the vote for Scenealyzer Live. It's a very robust program and can even run in the background while you're doing other things. It can do such tricks as detect overlapping timecode. Great program.

Keith Loh · July 1st, 2004, 11:20 AM

I use Scenalyzer and am pretty happy with it.

Kevin King · July 1st, 2004, 12:23 PM

Does SCLive have some abillity to import capture lists in any format from other programs? My real problem with what I've seen in SCLive is that I can't hand it an existing log and have it go fetch.

Am I missing something in the program?

July 1st, 2004, 01:20 AM	#1
Kevin King Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 88	3rd Party Capture Software? I'm using PPro 7.0 and having problems batch capturing, the following problems: -Often clips are skipped because a frame of timecode is missing -You have to leave the batch window open and active during the entire capture - deselect it (or try to work in another program) and the batch quits reporting "Cancelled by user" -This basically needlessly ties up your edit box for hours of automated capture. I've tried scenalizer but don't like it. I log all my clips and sort them into bins based on timecode in PPro - that is, TIMECODE, not necessarily when I hit the pause/record button, so the scene detection in scenalizer doesn't help. I really need a simple 3rd party caputre app that will ignore missing timecode, run without the window highlighted, and import the .csv batch capture list exported from PPro. This is such a painfully simple request, but I can't find anything that does this. Help???

July 1st, 2004, 11:20 AM	#4
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	I use Scenalyzer and am pretty happy with it. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

July 1st, 2004, 06:32 AM	#2
Mark Jefferson Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Collinsville, Illinois Posts: 86	The best software I've found for capturing is ScenalyzerLive. It cost $39 and you can download a trial version for free from www.scenalyzer.com

July 1st, 2004, 11:18 AM	#3
Paul Tauger Wrangler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Los Angeles (recently from San Francisco) Posts: 954	I'll second the vote for Scenealyzer Live. It's a very robust program and can even run in the background while you're doing other things. It can do such tricks as detect overlapping timecode. Great program.

July 1st, 2004, 12:23 PM	#5
Kevin King Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 88	Does SCLive have some abillity to import capture lists in any format from other programs? My real problem with what I've seen in SCLive is that I can't hand it an existing log and have it go fetch. Am I missing something in the program?