Capturing Live footage at DVinfo.net

Chris Barnes · July 27th, 2011, 07:34 AM

I am filming church services and my Firestore quit working. I was wondering if there is a way to hook by pc to the firewire port of the camera and download directly into the capturing application in Vegas while the church service is going on. I have Vegas 10 32 bit on my laptop with a Solid State hard drive, so I should not have problems with dropped frames. I don't see an option to do this clearly, maybe I am just looking at the wrong place.

Anyone that has a response - positive or negative?

Thanks,

Chris Barnes.

Edward Troxel · July 27th, 2011, 09:54 AM

Yep. Just use the Vegas capture program and turn OFF "Device Control".

Chris Barnes · July 27th, 2011, 11:12 AM

Edward, I am a little dense on this issue. You are saying when it asked to start at the beginning of the tape or a the point it is at, just disable this question and to start it, hit the record button in Vegas as you hit the record button on the camera?

David Jimerson · July 27th, 2011, 11:47 AM

In the video capture program: Options>Preferences>Uncheck "Enable DV device control." Then, yes, you'll record by pressing the record button.

Chris Barnes · July 27th, 2011, 12:02 PM

Thanks, will test tonight.

Mike Kujbida · July 27th, 2011, 12:25 PM

I can verify that it works exactly as Edward described it.
I've used this method to record (with a desktop computer to an external USB drive) events that were up to 3 hours or longer with no problems at all.

Edward Troxel · July 27th, 2011, 02:35 PM

We do something similar at our church. We have multiple cameras coming into a switcher. The switcher then goes via S-Video to a Panasonic DV-2000 deck. The deck is connected to a computer via firewire and we capture the church service live. Because I'm not the person doing this at the time we go live, I opted for a simpler program to use for capturing. We use Scenalyzer Live for this purpose but the built-in Vegas capture will still work fine.

Chris Barnes · August 1st, 2011, 08:35 AM

Thanks guys, I used it this past weekend and it worked very well.

Chris

Mike Kujbida · August 1st, 2011, 08:37 AM

Very glad to hear that Chris.
You have to love it when things work as you hoped they would :)

July 27th, 2011, 07:34 AM	#1
Chris Barnes Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 66	Capturing Live footage I am filming church services and my Firestore quit working. I was wondering if there is a way to hook by pc to the firewire port of the camera and download directly into the capturing application in Vegas while the church service is going on. I have Vegas 10 32 bit on my laptop with a Solid State hard drive, so I should not have problems with dropped frames. I don't see an option to do this clearly, maybe I am just looking at the wrong place. Anyone that has a response - positive or negative? Thanks, Chris Barnes.

July 27th, 2011, 09:54 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Re: Capturing Live footage Yep. Just use the Vegas capture program and turn OFF "Device Control". __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

July 27th, 2011, 11:12 AM	#3
Chris Barnes Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 66	Re: Capturing Live footage Edward, I am a little dense on this issue. You are saying when it asked to start at the beginning of the tape or a the point it is at, just disable this question and to start it, hit the record button in Vegas as you hit the record button on the camera?

July 27th, 2011, 11:47 AM	#4
David Jimerson Jubal 28 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 872	Re: Capturing Live footage In the video capture program: Options>Preferences>Uncheck "Enable DV device control." Then, yes, you'll record by pressing the record button. __________________ www.wrightsvillebeachstudios.com

July 27th, 2011, 12:02 PM	#5
Chris Barnes Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 66	Re: Capturing Live footage Thanks, will test tonight.

July 27th, 2011, 12:25 PM	#6
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Re: Capturing Live footage I can verify that it works exactly as Edward described it. I've used this method to record (with a desktop computer to an external USB drive) events that were up to 3 hours or longer with no problems at all.

July 27th, 2011, 02:35 PM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Re: Capturing Live footage We do something similar at our church. We have multiple cameras coming into a switcher. The switcher then goes via S-Video to a Panasonic DV-2000 deck. The deck is connected to a computer via firewire and we capture the church service live. Because I'm not the person doing this at the time we go live, I opted for a simpler program to use for capturing. We use Scenalyzer Live for this purpose but the built-in Vegas capture will still work fine. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

August 1st, 2011, 08:35 AM	#8
Chris Barnes Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 66	Re: Capturing Live footage Thanks guys, I used it this past weekend and it worked very well. Chris

August 1st, 2011, 08:37 AM	#9
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Re: Capturing Live footage Very glad to hear that Chris. You have to love it when things work as you hoped they would :)