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Owen Hughes · May 8th, 2005, 07:09 PM

I have vegas 6.0 and I'm having problems capturing from my XL2. Although, I have used my Xl2 on Vegas 4.0 and capturing was not a problem on it. I am clicking on the capture video icon to no avail, the eggtimer comes up briefly, but then nothing. Any advice...ASAP if possible, I have a deadline fast approaching and the sooner i can start the better,

cheers

Owen

Edward Troxel · May 8th, 2005, 08:31 PM

Advice to get you going quickly: Capture using Vegas 4 since you know that works.

Owen Hughes · May 9th, 2005, 05:30 AM

no can do I'm affraid. Vegas 4 got deleted to free up room when I installed Vegas 6. I (just for curiosity) captured some footage on Move maker and it worked fine...so the problem is in Vegas, not in the camera/connection! HELP!

Edward Troxel · May 9th, 2005, 07:32 AM

What's the status of the new media manager? It is ON or OFF? Try switching it the other way and see if that makes a difference. I've heard of problems where people had it OFF that seemed to clear up when they turned it back ON.

I do a LOT of my capturing using Scenalyzer Live now. It works very well for that is is very inexpensive.

Owen Hughes · May 9th, 2005, 08:25 AM

sorry to sound like a newbie but how do I go about turning media manager on/off?

Andriy Zolotoiy · May 9th, 2005, 08:35 AM

Goto Options/Preferences/General tab. In the end of General Preferences list there is option 'Enable Media Manager'. Try On/Off.
I have it Off and uninstalled Media Manager and MSDE completely, no troubles with Vegas.

Owen Hughes · May 9th, 2005, 09:22 AM

i tried that and no luck at all! Any other suggestions

thanks

Owen

Owen Hughes · May 9th, 2005, 07:02 PM

Following several failed attempts to get capture workingI bit the bullet and splashed (actually at that price it was more of a splish) and bought Scenalyzer Live. Very easy to use and very cheap, in my book, a good combo.

Thanks for advice

Owen

Edward Troxel · May 9th, 2005, 08:10 PM

I agree. Scenalyzer is a small, inexpensive, great capture program with lots of features. One thing it does is capture 4-channel audio in one pass via firewire (most others do NOT do this) which is the main reason I bought it. However, I find myself using it more often.

Bryan Mitchell · May 10th, 2005, 01:13 AM

I had the same capture problems. There is an easy fix. You have to download Vegas 6.0a patch. After installing the patch, the problem went away. Everything works great now.

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.co...p2.asp?DID=579

It's about 93mb in size.

Edward Troxel · May 10th, 2005, 08:14 AM

I guess a bad assumption on my part - I assumed he was on 6.0a. There are MANY bugs in 6.0 that were fixed in 6.0a. If ANYONE is using 6.0, PLEASE upgrade to 6.0a NOW.

Owen Hughes · May 10th, 2005, 04:40 PM

cheers guys! i had no idea there was a patch.

Patrick King · May 10th, 2005, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Troxel

I guess a bad assumption on my part - I assumed he was on 6.0a. There are MANY bugs in 6.0 that were fixed in 6.0a. If ANYONE is using 6.0, PLEASE upgrade to 6.0a NOW.

Edward, on a similar note, the upgrade from Excalibur 4.1 to 4.2 did not go smoothly. I kept getting the errors you described in the 4.0 to 4.2 path. I had to completely uninstall Excalibur, then install 4.2. Don't know how it did it, but it kept my registration number during the unistall/reinstall process.

Thanks for all the hard work on the toolset; love the pan capability added to the PBS tool!

Edward Troxel · May 10th, 2005, 05:19 PM

Sorry to hear you had problems. You are correct that it will maintain the registration even through an uninstall/reinstall. Just makes it easier for YOU.

I was very happy with the way the new panning ability turned out. Hope you find it very useful.

May 8th, 2005, 07:09 PM	#1
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	Capturing problems I have vegas 6.0 and I'm having problems capturing from my XL2. Although, I have used my Xl2 on Vegas 4.0 and capturing was not a problem on it. I am clicking on the capture video icon to no avail, the eggtimer comes up briefly, but then nothing. Any advice...ASAP if possible, I have a deadline fast approaching and the sooner i can start the better, cheers Owen

May 8th, 2005, 08:31 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Advice to get you going quickly: Capture using Vegas 4 since you know that works. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 9th, 2005, 07:32 AM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	What's the status of the new media manager? It is ON or OFF? Try switching it the other way and see if that makes a difference. I've heard of problems where people had it OFF that seemed to clear up when they turned it back ON. I do a LOT of my capturing using Scenalyzer Live now. It works very well for that is is very inexpensive. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 9th, 2005, 08:10 PM	#9
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I agree. Scenalyzer is a small, inexpensive, great capture program with lots of features. One thing it does is capture 4-channel audio in one pass via firewire (most others do NOT do this) which is the main reason I bought it. However, I find myself using it more often. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 10th, 2005, 01:13 AM	#10
Bryan Mitchell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 316	Vegas 6.0a Fix I had the same capture problems. There is an easy fix. You have to download Vegas 6.0a patch. After installing the patch, the problem went away. Everything works great now. http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.co...p2.asp?DID=579 It's about 93mb in size.

May 9th, 2005, 05:30 AM	#3
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	no can do I'm affraid. Vegas 4 got deleted to free up room when I installed Vegas 6. I (just for curiosity) captured some footage on Move maker and it worked fine...so the problem is in Vegas, not in the camera/connection! HELP!

May 9th, 2005, 08:25 AM	#5
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	sorry to sound like a newbie but how do I go about turning media manager on/off?

May 9th, 2005, 08:35 AM	#6
Andriy Zolotoiy New Boot Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario, CA Posts: 19	Goto Options/Preferences/General tab. In the end of General Preferences list there is option 'Enable Media Manager'. Try On/Off. I have it Off and uninstalled Media Manager and MSDE completely, no troubles with Vegas.

May 9th, 2005, 09:22 AM	#7
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	i tried that and no luck at all! Any other suggestions thanks Owen

May 9th, 2005, 07:02 PM	#8
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	Following several failed attempts to get capture workingI bit the bullet and splashed (actually at that price it was more of a splish) and bought Scenalyzer Live. Very easy to use and very cheap, in my book, a good combo. Thanks for advice Owen

May 10th, 2005, 08:14 AM	#11
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I guess a bad assumption on my part - I assumed he was on 6.0a. There are MANY bugs in 6.0 that were fixed in 6.0a. If ANYONE is using 6.0, PLEASE upgrade to 6.0a NOW. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 10th, 2005, 04:40 PM	#12
Owen Hughes Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cwmbran, Wales, UK Posts: 41	cheers guys! i had no idea there was a patch.

May 10th, 2005, 05:19 PM	#14
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Sorry to hear you had problems. You are correct that it will maintain the registration even through an uninstall/reinstall. Just makes it easier for YOU. I was very happy with the way the new panning ability turned out. Hope you find it very useful. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters