Source Volume Control in VS 8

[Seaslug]

Nature of the problem-Missing source volume

Properties of your source files- DV capture type 1 or mpeg as per recomended procedure

What devices are involved and their mode of connection?- DV camcorder via firewire


PAL




System information AMD athlon 3000+ (1.30 GHZ) 1GB ram 120 GB free space Audigy 2 s card XP home

Hello Everyone
I have been editing analogue for a few years and the source volume has allways been present during capture. Now I've just started DV and noticed that the control is now missing although I've ticked the option, should this be the case?. Upon playback the levels go well into the Red in the editing mode but there is no apparent distortion. Also should I be capturing in MPEG or DV for DVD with my system specs


Thanks in advance
Dave

[BrianCee]

Your copy of VideoStudio is performing correctly - source volume is NOT displayed during DV capture via firewire.


Try turning down the appropriate channel in your WINDOWS recording volume control panel. - - or just turn it down a bit using the volume control within UVS while editing.

If you are capturing via firewire then you should be capturing as 'DV'

[Ken Berry]

I endorse Brian's response on both points. On the capture point, we always recommend you capture in DV/AVI format where possible. This also includes capturing analogue video if you have a capture device which gives you this option. Some capture cards are hard-wired with a chip which can do it. I bought a Sony Digital 8 camera which allows me to insert my old 8mm tapes (and alo Hi8) and send them direct as DV over Firewire. Many modern DV cameras also have a pass-through facility which allows you to connect an analogue camera or VCR to their AV port and transmits the analogue signal as DV.

We recommend this since DV gives the greatest quality with minimum problems. It might seem more logical and speedy to capture direct to mpeg-2, and certainly, if your computer is up to it, then go ahead. Indeed, in many circumstances, people have no alternative since their capture device may not have the capacity to capture in DV format. But lots of people then have trouble editing what they have captured. I am not saying it is impossible -- just that a lot of people have trouble.

Anyway, if you capture in DV, the idea is that you also do all of your editing as far as possible in the same format. And only once you are finished editing, go to Share > Create Video File > DVD to produce a DVD-compatible mpeg-2.

[Seaslug]

Thanks for your speedy reply chaps.