Scenalyzer Batch Capture Workflow at DVinfo.net

Kevin Janisch · November 16th, 2005, 07:29 PM

Does anybody know if I can use Scenalyzer to set in points and out points on clips for later batch capturing while watching my footage on my TV? This was quite easy with Premiere Pro, (firewire preview), but now I need to capture 4 channels of audio so I have to use Scenalyzer. Watching the footage on TV is essential. Does anybody know of a way to use Premiere to create the capture log and then import it into Scenalyzer? Thanks.

Kevin

Glenn Chan · November 16th, 2005, 07:46 PM

Not that this answers your question, but Scenalyzer is great for breaking up footage into scenes/clips. If editing DV, just buy an extra hard drive and capture everything from the tape.

Scenalyzer can break up scenes/clips by date/time changes on the tape (you need to set the date in camera) and also optically for times when date/time doesn't work (i.e. not DV).

Edward Troxel · November 16th, 2005, 09:50 PM

You can do it in a roundabout way. You need to do a quick scan of the tape in Scenalzyer which will give you a list of all the different sections of the tape. You can then batch capture the desired sections. You can even combine multiple sections into a single "section". It's a roundabout way but it does work. I, too, would like the ability to manually enter start/stop timecodes for capturing in Scenalyzer.

Kevin Janisch · November 17th, 2005, 03:42 PM

Yeah, you would think something so basic and simplistic would be a given, but I guess not. I've actually emailed scenalyzer asking them this very question weeks ago with no reply.

Glen, thanks for the tip, but when it comes time, I will have 50+ tapes to go through and capturing all of them in their entirety is not an option.

Dan Euritt · November 18th, 2005, 12:10 AM

outpost.com(fry's) has seagate 300gb drives for $100 each after rebates... so for $200 you could just about cover 50 hours of footage, and you won't have to spend any time setting in/out points... i think that scenealyzer can automatically split on scene detection, which could also help that process.

let it capture in the background, while you spend your time making $$$ instead :-)

November 16th, 2005, 07:29 PM	#1
Kevin Janisch Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 406	Scenalyzer Batch Capture Workflow Does anybody know if I can use Scenalyzer to set in points and out points on clips for later batch capturing while watching my footage on my TV? This was quite easy with Premiere Pro, (firewire preview), but now I need to capture 4 channels of audio so I have to use Scenalyzer. Watching the footage on TV is essential. Does anybody know of a way to use Premiere to create the capture log and then import it into Scenalyzer? Thanks. Kevin

November 16th, 2005, 09:50 PM	#3
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You can do it in a roundabout way. You need to do a quick scan of the tape in Scenalzyer which will give you a list of all the different sections of the tape. You can then batch capture the desired sections. You can even combine multiple sections into a single "section". It's a roundabout way but it does work. I, too, would like the ability to manually enter start/stop timecodes for capturing in Scenalyzer. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

November 16th, 2005, 07:46 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Not that this answers your question, but Scenalyzer is great for breaking up footage into scenes/clips. If editing DV, just buy an extra hard drive and capture everything from the tape. Scenalyzer can break up scenes/clips by date/time changes on the tape (you need to set the date in camera) and also optically for times when date/time doesn't work (i.e. not DV).

November 17th, 2005, 03:42 PM	#4
Kevin Janisch Major Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 406	Yeah, you would think something so basic and simplistic would be a given, but I guess not. I've actually emailed scenalyzer asking them this very question weeks ago with no reply. Glen, thanks for the tip, but when it comes time, I will have 50+ tapes to go through and capturing all of them in their entirety is not an option.

November 18th, 2005, 12:10 AM	#5
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	outpost.com(fry's) has seagate 300gb drives for $100 each after rebates... so for $200 you could just about cover 50 hours of footage, and you won't have to spend any time setting in/out points... i think that scenealyzer can automatically split on scene detection, which could also help that process. let it capture in the background, while you spend your time making $$$ instead :-)